Author: James M. Van ValenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bergen County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
History of Bergen County, New Jersey
Author: James M. Van ValenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bergen County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Atlantic Terra Cotta
Author: America's National Game
Author: Albert G. SpaldingPublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849658724
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This book is in great demand by baseball enthusiasts. Having been connected with every department of the game from player to magnate, Mr. Spalding has contributed a very important work to the game's history. As the invincible pitcher of the Boston Club, previous to the formation of the National League, his book of so many pages is an interesting record of events dating from the beginning of the great American pastime. It is not exactly a history of the game, but deals largely with incidents during the author's career, who was a player in the late 1860s and early 1870s, and helped organize the National League in 1876. One chapter, devoted to sundry topics, gives an account of the sale of the immortal "King Kelly," the original "$10,000 beauty," by Chicago to the Boston Club in the late 1880s. Other Chapters are devoted to the literature of the game, quoting several instances of the baseball paragrapher's art and also specimens of the distinct poetry of the pastime, of which "Casey at the Bat" is probably the most widely known. The Cincinnati Red Stockings Mr. Spalding gives credit as being the pioneer professional organization. It was not, however, until 1871 that professional baseball playing, as recognized today, was instituted. Mr. Spalding shows how cricket could not do for Americans. He says it is suitable for the British temperament, but not for the Yankee hustling spirit. He also tells how he worked into the game through a one-handed catch when a small boy. To lovers of baseball, whose name is legion, and whose number increases yearly, this book comprises in itself a whole library of useful information.
The Use and Abuse of Art
Author: Jacques BarzunPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691216339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
From the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century In this witty, provocative, and learned book, acclaimed cultural historian and writer Jacques Barzun traces our changing attitudes to the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that we are living in a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance. He challenges our conceptions and misconceptions about art “in order to reach a conclusion about its value and its drawbacks for life at the present time.”
History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bergen County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
A Clash of Cymbals
Author: James BlishPublisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9780099086604
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923
Author: Frances A. Johnson WesterveltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bergen County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Environment, Health, and Safety
Author: Lari A. BishopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Rallying Point
Author: Melvin CharlesPublisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667810232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Rallying Point tells the story of the creation of The Black American Heritage Flag, its creators' struggle to promote it as a symbol of pride and heritage for Black Americans during the Civil Rights era and beyond,
Author: Malden (Mass.)