Casey at the bat
Subtitle: the authentic, famous baseball saga
By: by Ernest L. Thayer ; recited to great effect by DeWolf Hopper.
Contributors: Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935.; Gilreath, James, 1947-; Keller, Edgar, 1868-1932, ill.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1986
Place of publication: [Washington]
Language: eng
Subjects: Baseball -- Poetry; Baseball -- Poetry; American poetry
Description: A narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game. Includes biographical information on Thayer and a phonograph record of a 1909 recitation by DeWolf Hopper.
Notes: Cover title.
Introductory note on p. [2] of cover signed: James Gilreath, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
"This edition ... is adapted from a 1904 pamphlet illustrated by commercial artist Edgar Keller ... Hopper recorded Casey on June 16, 1909, and it was released on disc the following September by the Victor Talking Machine Company"--Gilreath.
Accompanying disc is a soundsheet.