When Johnny Came Sliding Home: The Post-Civil War Baseball Boom, 1865-1870

by William J. Ryczek

Book Overview

As the Civil War ended, the thoughts of many Northern soldiers turned to a game that some had learned about for the first time during the war--baseball. Their newfound interest in the sport, combined with the postwar economic boom and the resultant growth of many cities, took the game from one practiced by a few amateur clubs in New York City before the war to a professional sport covering almost the entire northeastern United States.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786427574
• ISBN13: 9780786427574
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher