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These two critically-acclaimed volumes mark the beginning of a monumental multi-volume study of baseball by the man whom Sports Illustrated has called "the Edward Gibbon of baseball history." Taken together, they recount the story of the origins and development of baseball from a child's game into a highly organized business and social institution.

Following the story begun in Baseball: The Early Years, Harold Seymour explores the glorious and grevious era when the game truly captured the American imagination with legendary figures like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, but also appalled fans with startling scandals. The Golden Age begins with the formation of the two major leagues in 1903, and describes how the organization of the professional game improved from an unwieldy three-man commission to...

The third volume of Seymour's definitive history of baseball places the sport into its social context between 1930 and the beginning of the Second World War. It is a vivid book of cultural history and offers a new perspective on baseball in America.

The first book devoted entirely to the history of baseball outside of the professional leagues.

Harold Seymour offers the first book devoted entirely to the history of baseball outside of the professional leagues, revealing how the sport truly became the great American pastime. The People's Game, winner of the Macmillan-SABR Baseball Research Award, brings to life the central role of baseball for generations of Americans.

In Baseball: The Golden Age, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills explore the glorious era when the game truly captured the American imagination, with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in the spotlight. Beginning with the formation of the two major leagues in 1903, when baseball officially entered its "golden age" of popularity, the authors examine the changes in the organization of professional baseball--from an unwieldy thr...