Title: Baseball as America : seeing ourselves through our national game.
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.); National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Publisher: National Geographic Society,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Baseball United States History.; Baseball Social aspects United States Exhibitions.; National characteristics, American Exhibitions.
Abstract: The official companion, filled with original and archival photographs, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's groundbreaking four-year travelling exhibition, pays tribute to America's favorite national pasttime by featuring over thirty essays by writers, players, scholars, and fans, revealing how baseball has had a profound impact on the evolution of American culture.
Contents: Our national spirit (From God's country and mine / Jacques Barzun -- Baseball is our game ; To the patriotic lovers of America's game / Walt Whitman -- Spalding's Commission / Tom Shieber and Ted Spencer -- Baseball in Japan : the national pastime beyond national character / William Kelly -- The rise of the World Series / Neil Harris -- Letter from military prison / Albert D. Richardson -- Green light letter / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- The front lines to the backyard / Tom Brokaw -- Baseball in a time of crisis / Allan H. (Bud) Selig) -- Ideals and injustices (From History of colored baseball / Sol White -- This morning / Shirley Povich -- Letter of invitation / F.H. LaGuardia -- It didn't happen overnight / Buck O'Neil.