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America's game a history of major league baseball through World War II /

This comprehensive survey of major league baseball covers the beginning of the twentieth century up to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947. It examines key figures in baseball such as Babe Ruth, John McGraw, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and Joe DiMaggio, and major developments in the game...

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Main Author:	Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Physical Description:	xvii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:	Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

The reshaping of America's game : Major League Baseball after the players' strike by Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan

Published: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2021

Description: xviii, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

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America's game a history of major league baseball through World War II /

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