Baseball Americana
Subtitle: treasures from the Library of Congress
By: Harry Katz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Katz, Harry.; Library of Congress.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books; Harper
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780061625466
Subjects: Baseball -- United States -- History; Baseball -- Collectibles -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "Old town" to your town: the game's early years; title: First fanatics and home-run heroes: the spread of the national game (1870-1900); title: Opening days: the baseball century begins (1900-1920); title: Boom and bust: the Black Sox, Murderer's Row, and the Great Depression (1919-1939); title: The war years usher in the wonder years (1940-1970).