From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War

By Patricia E. Millen

Patricia Millen takes the reader back to the roots of baseball in this country, and follows its evolution to a national passion. While baseball's favorite myth regarding Abner Doubleday is proven to be false, America's favorite pastime is clearly a part of American history. Patricia Millen disproves the long-held, entrenched misconception that attributed baseball's rise to prominence during the 19th century to the widespread playing of the game by soldiers in camps and Civil War prisons. The game of baseball may not have originated nor become democratized during the Civil War, but records show that it was played during the Civil War as time and conditions permitted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788417754
• ISBN13: 9780788417757
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"