A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport

by Peter Levine

Book Overview

A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life.
This biography captures the zest, flamboyance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195042204
• ISBN13: 9780195042207
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"