Baseball's Creation Myth: Adam Ford, Abner Graves and the Cooperstown Story (Paperback)

from utbw42

A well-researched and very interesting presentation on the origins of baseball in this country, and how our country in the early 20th century was ready and willing to believe a strongly patriotic, and patently false, version of this creation of our National Pasttime. Abner Graves, an avid busines...

from mattries37315

The mythologized and debunked tale of General Abner Doubleday's invention of baseball in Cooperstown, New York is the focus of Baseball's Creation Myth by Brian Martin. The story behind the Doubleday-Cooperstown tale brings into the spotlight three men who inspired it, who spun it, and who promot...

from MarcusH

As a die-hard fan of baseball the intricate research and story-telling Brian Martin employs throughout this tale of baseball's creation is intensely interesting. Martin captures every little detail well as he discusses the role that Adam Ford, Abner Graves, and a variety of other people had in se...

from fuzzy_patters

In Baseball's Creation Myth: Adam Ford, Abner Graves, and the Cooperstown Story Brian Martin takes a look at the men behind the story of baseball's supposed invention in Cooperstown, New York by Abner Doubleday in 1839. It is generally accepted that the story of Doubleday's invention of the game ...

from Bennie00

An interesting read for any fan of baseball. It delves into the history of baseball's creation and the men who crafted and helped perpetuated the stories that have become known the world over. It is clearly a well researched book, I feel I know more about Denver in the late 1800's than I'll ever ...