Displaying 1 of 1 2024 Title: The New York game : baseball and the rise of a new city Author: Baker, Kevin, 1958- author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. ©2024 Description: ix, 511 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: "A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Baseball -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Contents: Origins -- The inside game, 1901-1919 -- The Babe in nighttown, 1920-1929 -- The virtuous city : New York in the Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Singing in the dark : the city in time of war, 1939-1945. ISBN 9780375421839 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
