The Night Casey Was Born: The True Story Behind the Great American Ballad "Casey at the Bat": The True Story Behind the Great American Ballas "Casey at the Bat" - Softcover

Walsh, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159020753X ISBN 13: 9781590207536

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2012

Synopsis

For the first time, John Evangelist Walsh gives the story behind the poem and its young journalist author, as well as its inaugural performance in 1888 in New York's Wallack's Theater. The Night Casey was Born is a portrait of America in the earliest years of its love affair with baseball.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

Review:

"A delightful book that explores the poem and its author, as well as the baseball and theater culture of the 1880s."----The Los Angeles Times

"This history of the mighty Casey hits it out of the park." "Baltimore Sun"
"A delightful book that explores the poem and its author, as well as the baseball and theater culture of the 1880s." The Los Angeles Times"

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 159020753X
• ISBN 13: 9781590207536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220