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The Resource The great match ; : and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball, by Anonymous and Noah Brooks ; volume editors, Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker

The great match ; : and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball, by Anonymous and Noah Brooks ; volume editors, Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker

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Summary
The Great Match (1887) and Our Base Ball Club (1884) were the two earliest novels to incorporate baseball as a major plot element, and each is reprinted here for the first time since its original publication. Edited and introduced by baseball scholars Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker, this volume, the tenth in the McFarland Historical Baseball Library --Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 292 pages
Note
The novel The great match was originally published anonymously and attributed to John Townsend Trowbridge (1843-1923). It was very likely written by Mary Prudence Wells Smith (1840-1930)
Contents
  • Introduction / by Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker
  • The great match, and other matches (1877) / by Anonymous
  • Our base ball club and how it won the championship (1884) / by Noah Brooks
Isbn
9780786444069
Instance
Label
The great match ; : and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball
Title
The great match ;
Title remainder
and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball
Statement of responsibility
by Anonymous and Noah Brooks ; volume editors, Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The Great Match (1887) and Our Base Ball Club (1884) were the two earliest novels to incorporate baseball as a major plot element, and each is reprinted here for the first time since its original publication. Edited and introduced by baseball scholars Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker, this volume, the tenth in the McFarland Historical Baseball Library --Provided by publisher
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Dewey number
813/.4080357
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS648.B37
LC item number
G74 2010
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The McFarland historical baseball library
Series volume
10
Label
The great match ; : and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball, by Anonymous and Noah Brooks ; volume editors, Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker
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Publication
Copyright
Note
The novel The great match was originally published anonymously and attributed to John Townsend Trowbridge (1843-1923). It was very likely written by Mary Prudence Wells Smith (1840-1930)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction / by Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker -- The great match, and other matches (1877) / by Anonymous -- Our base ball club and how it won the championship (1884) / by Noah Brooks
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xvi, 292 pages
Isbn
9780786444069
Lccn
2010011977
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of the Andy McCue Collection of Baseball Fiction Books (Collection 2257). This item does not circulate but may be viewed in Library Special Collections upon request. Search the collection title to request the item from the collection record. Item is in box 44. Glossy, illustrated wrappers. Publisher's prospectus laid in front. Gift of Andy McCue.
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illustrations
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  • (OCoLC)574971180
  • ucoclc574971180
Label
The great match ; : and, Our base ball club : two novels from the early days of base ball, by Anonymous and Noah Brooks ; volume editors, Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker
Publication
Copyright
Note
The novel The great match was originally published anonymously and attributed to John Townsend Trowbridge (1843-1923). It was very likely written by Mary Prudence Wells Smith (1840-1930)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction / by Trey Strecker and Geri Strecker -- The great match, and other matches (1877) / by Anonymous -- Our base ball club and how it won the championship (1884) / by Noah Brooks
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xvi, 292 pages
Isbn
9780786444069
Lccn
2010011977
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of the Andy McCue Collection of Baseball Fiction Books (Collection 2257). This item does not circulate but may be viewed in Library Special Collections upon request. Search the collection title to request the item from the collection record. Item is in box 44. Glossy, illustrated wrappers. Publisher's prospectus laid in front. Gift of Andy McCue.
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)574971180
  • ucoclc574971180

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