Harry Wright: The Father of Professional Base Ball

by Christopher Devine and Christopher Devine

""Every magnate in the country is indebted to Harry Wright] for the establishment of baseball as a business, and every patron for fulfilling him with a systematic recreation. Every player is indebted to him for inaugurating an occupation in which he gains a livelihood, and the country at large for adding one more industry to furnish employment""--The Reach Guide (1896). This full-length biography resurrects perhaps baseball's foremost-unrecognized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786415614
• ISBN13: 9780786415618
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher