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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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The previous reviewer apparently did not read the book. There is no claim that Abner Doubleday INVENTED baseball, but rather that he was one of the first boys to play the game,as is evident in the title Young Baseball Pioneer. No one would be more surprised than Abner, himself, that he is known for inventing baseball! The information was carefully researched,...
Published on January 31, 2002 by Montrew G. Dunham
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A dis-service to young baseball fans
This book helps to perpetuate the myth that Abner Doubleday had something, anything, to do with the invention of baseball. Any serious baseball fan knows Alexander Cartwright codified the rules of baseball and Doubleday was at West Point in military school when he supposed to be inventing baseball around Cooperstown in 1839. I'm disappointed books like this are still...
Published on June 14, 1999 by James Eddy
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A dis-service to young baseball fans,
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This review is from: Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
This book helps to perpetuate the myth that Abner Doubleday had something, anything, to do with the invention of baseball. Any serious baseball fan knows Alexander Cartwright codified the rules of baseball and Doubleday was at West Point in military school when he supposed to be inventing baseball around Cooperstown in 1839. I'm disappointed books like this are still being written.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Correcting previous review,
By Montrew G. Dunham (Downers Grove,, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer (The Childhood of Famous Americans Series) (Turtleback)
The previous reviewer apparently did not read the book. There is no claim that Abner Doubleday INVENTED baseball, but rather that he was one of the first boys to play the game,as is evident in the title Young Baseball Pioneer. No one would be more surprised than Abner, himself, that he is known for inventing baseball!The information was carefully researched, including reading the original newspapers published by Abner's father, during Abner's childhood. Abner Doubleday was an exciting man, a courageous and brilliant general in the Union Army, as well as a very interesting boy. |
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Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Montrew Dunham (Paperback - Mar. 1995)
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