{"product_id":"a-g-spalding-and-the-peter-levine-9780195042207","title":"A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport","description":"A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life. \u003cbr\u003e This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is also a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195042204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195042207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.37w x 0.46d","brand":"Peter Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482428399871,"sku":"9780195042207","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d66de762-cbdd-42f1-9ed8-15d39e4af00b.jpg?v=1715998503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-g-spalding-and-the-peter-levine-9780195042207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}