Ritter, Lawrence S.

The story of baseball / by Lawrence S. Ritter ; foreword by Ted Williams. - New York : W. Morrow, 1983. - vii, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Traces the history of baseball, which was first played in a form resembling the modern game in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1846, and first played by professional players in 1869.

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Baseball--History--Juvenile literature.--United States
Baseball--History.
Baseball--History.

GV863.A1 / R57 1983

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