Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War

by George B. Kirsch

Book Overview

During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691130434
• ISBN13: 9780691130439
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"