Live All You Can

Live All You Can
Author :
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 258
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780231519694
ISBN-13 : 0231519699
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Live All You Can by : Jay Martin

Download or read book Live All You Can written by Jay Martin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laying waste to the notion that Abner Doubleday established the modern game of baseball, acclaimed biographer Jay Martin makes a bold case for A. J. Cartwright (1820-1892), an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and avid ballplayer whose keen perception and restless spirit codified the rules of the sport and engineered its rapid spread throughout the country. Consulting Cartwright's personal correspondence and papers, Martin shows how this American archetype synthesized a number of elements from popular ballgames into the program, bylaws, and positions we find on the field today. After formalizing his blueprint, Cartwright worked tirelessly to promote baseball nationwide, appealing to both upper- and lower-class spectators and ballplayers and weaving a trail of influence across nineteenth-century America. Addressing the controversy that has roiled for years around the claims for Doubleday and Cartwright, Martin revisits the original arguments behind each camp and throws into sharp relief the competing ambitions of these figures during a time of aggressive westward expansion and unparalleled opportunities for individual reinvention. Martin's story of modern baseball not only offers a fascinating window into a thoroughly American phenomenon but also accesses a rare history of American ideals.


Live All You Can Related Books

Live All You Can
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Jay Martin
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-09 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Laying waste to the notion that Abner Doubleday established the modern game of baseball, acclaimed biographer Jay Martin makes a bold case for A. J. Cartwright
The Ambassadors Illustrated
Language: en
Pages: 578
Authors: Henry James
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-29 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review (NAR). This dark comedy, seen as one of the master
Eat Less Cottage Cheese and More Ice Cream
Language: en
Pages: 56
Authors: Erma Bombeck
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04-02 - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1979, someone asked humorist Erma Bombeck, "If you had your life to live over, would you change anything'" Her immediate answer was no, but once she thought
What You Can’T Live Without - the Cardinal Virtues
Language: en
Pages: 94
Authors: Michael Quansah
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-22 - Publisher: Partridge Africa

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Society everywhere places a high value on good character. To possess virtues is better than gold- Akan Maxim. This means virtue is the primary aim of moral inst
Letters to a Young Poet
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: Rainer Maria Rilke
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-03 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, these letters contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works. Essential rea