Baseball's Canadian Roots (The Beaver Exploring Canada's History, October/November 1994, Vol. 74:5)
Published by Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1994
- Softcover
- Used
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Periodical, 8.5 x 11, stapled wrappers in magazine format, 56pp. Near fine condition. Feature article traces the roots of baseball to the year 1838 and the small town of Beachville, Ontario. 'The basis of this claim lies with a lengthy letter published 5 May 1886 in the Philadelphia-based Sporting Life magazine. The letter, entitled 'A Game of Long-ago Which Closely Resembled Our Present National Game', was written by Dr. Adam Ford of Denver, Colorado, who had grown up in Beachville. Part of the letter was also printed in the Ingersoll, Ontario, Chronicle. 160 grams.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Baseball's Canadian Roots (The Beaver Exploring Canada's History, October/November 1994, Vol. 74:5)
- Author
- Christopher Dafoe (ed.); Mark Kearney - contributor
- Publisher
- Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1994
- Binding
- Soft cover
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