Baseball in Blue and Gray : the National Pastime During the Civil War / George B. Kirsch.

By:

Kirsch, George B [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400849253

Other title:

Baseball in Blue & Gray [Spine title]

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

GV863 .B374 2003

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Contents:

Battlefront. -- Home front. -- Players and clubs. -- Championship competition and commercialization. -- The war's legacy.

Subject: During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. As nationalist fervor heightened, baseball became patriotic, and fans honored it with the title of national pastime. Rich with anecdotes and surprising facts, this narrative of baseball's coming-of-age reveals the remarkable extent to which America's national pastime is bound up with the country's defining event.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

The rise of baseball. -- Battlefront. -- Home front. -- Players and clubs. -- Championship competition and commercialization. -- The war's legacy.

During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. As nationalist fervor heightened, baseball became patriotic, and fans honored it with the title of national pastime. Rich with anecdotes and surprising facts, this narrative of baseball's coming-of-age reveals the remarkable extent to which America's national pastime is bound up with the country's defining event.

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