Gentlemen at the Bat: A Fictional Oral History of the New York Knickerbockers and the Early Days of Baseball

by HowardBurman (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $28.36

  Organized in 1845, the New York Knickerbockers were the first organized base ball club to play the game with written rules. Based on research and told in the style of oral history, this fictional work features the principal figures from the Knickerbocker club, including Doc Adams, James Whyte Davis, Alexander Cartwright, and, William Wheaton.