Sunday at the Ballpark - Billy Sunday's Professional Baseball Career, 1883-1890

In this work, Wendy Knickerbocker explores Sunday's professional baseball career to examine the coming of age of an interesting and important character in American sports history. Detail is given to the entirety of his career as well as his playing style. She includes his struggles and accomplishments in his professional career as well as his religious one.

About the author

Wendy Knickerbocker is an academic librarian and a Maine native. She is currently Director of Library Services at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine.

Summary

Billy Sunday, American evangelist, was also known well as a former professional baseball player. This work explores Sunday's professional baseball career, not to challenge his reputation, but rather to examine the coming of age of an interesting and important character in American history.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Knickerbocker
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780810837270
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-3727-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 221 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: American Sports History Series; American Sports History Series; American Sports History
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Baseball, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA