Nine innings for the King : the day wartime London stopped for baseball, July 4, 1918 /

On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary ""baseball match"" between American so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leeke, Jim, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > England > London.
Baseball > History > 20th century.
Baseball > England > London > History.
Fourth of July > England > London > History.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Angleterre > Londres.
Jour de l'indépendance (États-Unis) > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Baseball.
Fourth of July.
England > London.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Prologue. The Fourth
  • 1. The Canadians
  • 2. Arlie Latham
  • 3. The Anglo-American Baseball League
  • 4. Opening Day
  • 5. Wild Waves
  • 6. Gothas and Milk
  • 7. Over There
  • 8. The Stunt
  • 9. Old Hands
  • 10. Two Fronts
  • 11. Hurlers
  • 12. Backstops
  • 13. Stamford Bridge
  • 14. Early Innings
  • vii 15. Middle Innings
  • 16. Late Innings
  • 17. Peacetime
  • Appendix. Box Score
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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