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| Named Person: | Albert Von Tilzer; Jack Norworth; Albert Von Tilzer |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amy Whorf McGuiggan |
| ISBN: | 9780803218918 0803218915 |
| OCLC Number: | 247440503 |
| Description: | xxi, 123 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The early years : a brief history of baseball -- The new century -- Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats -- 1908 : the year of the song -- Baseball and music -- Take me out to the ball game : the sensational baseball song -- Let me hear you good and loud-a-one, a-two, a-three -- Baseball as vaudeville -- Exit smiling. |
| Responsibility: | Amy Whorf McGuiggan ; foreword by Mike Veeck. |
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"McGuiggan has painstakingly researched the cultural and historical times from which the beloved song emerged and has given baseball fans her own picturesque play-by-play of the making of the hit song. If the song vividly captures the experience of going to the ball game, so too does this book capture the spirit of the times. A home run!"oErnie Harwell, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Radio Hall of Fame sportscaster, songwriter, and longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers Read more...
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