Joy in Mudville
Subtitle: essays on baseball and American life
By: edited by John B. Wiseman ; with a foreword by Benjamin G. Rader
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780786442287
Description: "This collection of essays focuses on the national pastime as a marker of our times. Topics include the rise and spread of baseball in the nineteenth century, the influence of major league players, the fates of great teams well known and undeservedly obscure, and the advances of Latinos and blacks on the field and in the broader culture"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.