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| Vintage Base Ball`s Enduring Legacy |
| By Jack Pelikan |
| ISBN: 979-8-9852820-7-8
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| Price: $21.95 |
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| This book celebrates one of America`s few longstanding and fully intact traditions. Beginning with its humble,
early-19th century origins, it chronicles the game`s history including its meteoric rise as the national
pastime, subsequent commercialization, scandal and adaptation that has led to the nationwide revival of the
19th century game. The book discusses today`s proud yet unheralded community of vintage ballists (players),
who nobly carry on the game of their ancestors. Inside its pages are a compendium of historical research
balanced by interviews with today`s vintage clubs including St. Louis` Lafayette Square Cyclone, Upstate New
York`s Mountain Athletic Club, Columbus` Ohio Village Muffins and Lady Diamonds, Arizona`s Fort Verde
Excelsiors, Akron`s Black Stockings and Washington State`s Whatcom Aces. Vintage Base Ball`s Enduring
Legacy also offers dozens of photographs, rules, a lexicon, and is a must read for historians, nostalgists
and fans alike.
"Here is a real corker and a fitting tribute to the thriving vintage base ball community!" -- Peter Morris,
baseball books author
Podcast with author Jack Pelikan
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/04-11-rotb-jack-pelikan-author-of-vintage-baseballs/id1492781741?
i=1000615793175 |
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| Reviewed Appeared In: Extremely Well-Researched |
| Reviewed By: Ed Lordan, Professor, West Chester University |
| Text Of Review: Pelikan`s book does an excellent job of weaving together disparate elements into a cohesive chronology, drawing from economics, social justice issues, geographic and cultural differences to give the reader a well-rounded history of a specific period in the evolution of baseball. His portrayal of the colorful figures who helped shape the game drives the narrative, and he has an excellent eye for detail. The book is extremely well-researched and simultaneously highly readable. Baseball fans will come away with a better understanding of the evolution of the game. |
| Date Reviewed: 10/11/2023 |
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