Ball, bat and bitumen: a history of coalfield baseball in the appalachian south
Auteur :
Sutter, L.M.
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786435944
Date de publication :
26 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
381 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon, each team attracting avid and intensely loyal fans. This book covers the baseball teams and leagues and their function within the mining communities of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia.