The New York Giants Base Ball Club: The Growth of a Team and a Sport, 1870 to 1900

by James D. Hardy Jr.

Book Overview

Though baseball would eventually come to embody the American spirit, in the nineteenth century onlookers regarded the game with some ambivalence. To capture the hearts of the public, baseball needed teams worth watching--and no team was a better ambassador for baseball in the 19th century than the New York Giants.

The pre-John McGraw Giants were occasionally very good and frequently very fashionable, but they had not yet become the trademark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786427280
• ISBN13: 9780786427284
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher