Elysian Fields: The Birth of Baseball (The American Game) [Library Binding]

Thomas W. Gilbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1995 | Series: The American Game

Describes the birth and early years of organized baseball, from the first baseball clubs in the 1840s to the activities of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in 1871.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 144 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Watts (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531112462
• ISBN-13: 978-0531112465
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The American Game: Baseball's Infancy, August 5, 2001

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This review is from: Elysian Fields: The Birth of Baseball (The American Game) (Library Binding)

From the opening pages, even the casual fan or sports enthusiast is drawn into the early days of baseball as a game played for fun and exercise by clerks, lawyers, bank clerks, and merchants. They would find an open area, or common field which to play this new game with crude balls, sticks and no gloves. Elysian Fields shares the truth of the men who are credited with the development of amateur and later professional baseball clubs in the 1800's. There are ample pictures, and lithographs from the earliest players, ball clubs, and managers.

Only nine chapters in length, this book is informative, entertaining, and captures the true essence of the infancy of a truly American sport. Elysian Fields is a must read for the baseball fan and the historian.