Ball, bat, and Bitumen
Subtitle: a history of coalfield baseball in the Appalachian south
By: L.M. Sutter.
Series: Contributions to southern Appalachian studies -- 21; Contributions to southern Appalachian studies -- 21.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780786435944
Subjects: Baseball -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History.; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.
Description: "From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon, each team attracting intensely loyal fans. Based on interviews with surviving players, families of deceased players, and contemporary sources, this history covers not only teams and leagues but their function within the mining communities of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index.