Bibliograph

Baseball for everyone, stories from the great game, by Janet Wyman Coleman with Elizabeth V. Warren

Type

Label

Baseball for everyone, stories from the great game, by Janet Wyman Coleman with Elizabeth V. Warren

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [2])

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Baseball for everyone

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51454248

Responsibility statement

by Janet Wyman Coleman with Elizabeth V. Warren

Sub title

stories from the great game

Summary

An illustrated history of baseball, covering the origins of the game, some of its best-known players, and significant changes in rules and practices throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Table Of Contents

Batter up! A single or a walk? 1826-1900. Baseball's beginnings ; No more "soaking" ; Measuring the heroes ; A game for everyone ; Baseball near the battlefield ; "Slide, Kelly, Slide" ; A profit of $1.39 ; Who's that on first? ; Signs of the game -- Going for a double 1900-1930. The ball player who made more money than the President ; Baseball's silent heroes ; Native Americans and the American pastime ; A rookie decides not to run to second base ; "Katie Casey was Baseball Mad" ; Baseball leaves home ; Shadow Ball, "Satchel" and the segregated game -- Rounding second, headed for third 1930-1960. Beyond the ballpark ; Jackie Robinson changes America ; Women get a chance at bat ; Little League is big! ; Sawamura strikes out The Babe ; Hilda and Lib -- Coming Home! 1960 to the present. The old and the new ; Records come tumbling down ; The worst team in Baseball wins ; American history, art and baseball ; Charlie Hustle ; Just like the next kid ; The numbers

Target audience

pre adolescent

Contributor