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Joy in Mudville: Essays on Baseball and American Life

Joy in Mudville: Essays on Baseball and American Life


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This collection of essays by experts on baseball history focuses on the national pastime as a marker of our times and our cultural ideals. Topics include the rise of baseball in the nineteenth century, the influence of iconic players from Honus Wagner to Jackie Robinson, the fates of great teams well known (the Yankees and Orioles) and undeservedly obscure (the Elite Giants), and the advances of Latinos and blacks on the field and in the broader culture.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Benjamin G. Rader      Introduction      PART I: BASEBALL’S RISE AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS      1. Becoming the National Pastime: The Crucible of Change (PETER MORRIS)      2. The Science and Business of Baseball: The First Baltimore Orioles (BURT SOLOMON)      3. The Birth of Modern Baseball (FRANK DEFORD)      4. Tinker to Evers to Chance: Poetry in Motion (PAUL D. STAUDOHAR)      5. The Adventures of Spoke and Smoky (TIMOTHY M. GAY)      6. Honus Wagner and Jimmie Foxx: Baseball and the Lives After (A. FRANKLIN PARKS)      7. The Tenth Man: Baseball and Radio Broadcasting (TED PATTERSON)      PART II: BEYOND THE MAJORS      8. West Virginia Coalfield Baseball, 1921–1941 (WILLIAM E. AIKIN)      9. Boom and Bust: The Elite Giants and Black Baseball in Baltimore, 1936–1951 (ROBERT V. LEFFLER, JR.)      PART III: TRANSCENDING RACE      10. Jackie Robinson in Baltimore: History and Memory (THOMAS CRIPPS)      11. Jackie Robinson Interview (TED PATTERSON) and Speech (JACKIE ROBINSON)      12. An Interview with Carl Erskine (TED PATTERSON)      13. Minnie Minoso and His Footsteps (TIM WENDEL)      PART IV: THOSE DAMN YANKEES AND THE REBELLIOUS CURT FLOOD      14. The New York Yankees, 1949–1964: The Price of Dynasty (HENRY D. FETTER)      15. Revisiting Curt Flood (JULES TYGIEL)      PART V: THE GLORY YEARS IN BALTIMORE AND THE GAME’S DECLINE      16. The Baltimore Orioles: How They Built a Winner (and Tore It Down) (JOHN EISENBERG)      17. Fall from the Pedestal (JOHN B. WISEMAN)      Chapter Notes      About the Contributors      Index     

About the Author :
John B. Wiseman is professor emeritus of history at Frostburg State University. He taught American history for forty years and has written several books and numerous articles on film history. He is working on bringing a minor league baseball team back to Cumberland, Maryland, where he lives.

Review :
“a valuable collection that deserves to be on every fan’s bookshelf”—Nine.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786442287
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 252
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 390 gr
  • ISBN-10: 078644228X
  • Publisher Date: 14 Dec 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 252
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Essays on Baseball and American Life
  • Width: 152 mm


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