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Baseball and the Game of Ideas: Essays for the Serious Fan
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Baseball and the Game of Ideas: Essays for the Serious Fan Hardcover - 1993

by Peter C. Bjarkman (Editor); Introduction by Peter C. Bjarkman


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Incisive writing by Stephen Jay Gould, Mark Harris, John Bowman, John Hildebidle, Thomas Altherr, William Humber, John Holway and six others on the game's social value, intellectual roots, mythic underpinnings, baseball astrology, rites of manhood, the demise of the .400 hitter, and more. Extensive bibliography of baseball literature.

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NOT ALL ACADEMICS AND INTELLECTUALS are hopelessly in love with baseball.

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  • Title Baseball and the Game of Ideas: Essays for the Serious Fan
  • Author Peter C. Bjarkman (Editor); Introduction by Peter C. Bjarkman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Limited
  • Pages 211
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Birch Brook Press, Delhi, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date November 1993
  • ISBN 9780913559192 / 0913559199
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.51 x 6.25 x 1.04 in (24.16 x 15.88 x 2.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92072295
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357
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