[PDF] A History Of Cooperstown eBook

Author : Ralph Birdsall
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 32,54 MB
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The ensuing narrative is a faithful record of life in Cooperstown from the earliest times, except that the persons and events to be described have been selected for their story-interest, to the exclusion of much that a history is expected to contain. The dull thread of village history has been followed only in such directions as served for stringing upon it and holding to the light the more shining gems of incident and personality to which it led. Trivial happenings have been included for the sake of some quaint, picturesque, or romantic quality. Much of importance has been omitted that declined to yield to such treatment as the writer had in view. The effort has been made to exclude everything that seemed unlikely to be of interest to the general reader.

Author : Alan Taylor
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0525566996

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William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book. William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a wealthy land speculator and U.S. congressman in what had until lately been the wilderness of upstate New York, but his high-handed style of governing resulted in his fall from power and political disgrace. His son James Fenimore Cooper became one of this country’s first popular novelists with a book, The Pioneers, that tried to come to terms with his father’s failure and imaginatively reclaim the estate he had lost. In William Cooper’s Town, Alan Taylor dramatizes the class between gentility and democracy that was one of the principal consequences of the American Revolution, a struggle that was waged both at the polls and on the pages of our national literature. Taylor shows how Americans resolved their revolution through the creation of new social reforms and new stories that evolved with the expansion of our frontier.

Author : Dennis Corcoran
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 15,98 MB
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786491477

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Nearly every year since 1939, baseball's most outstanding players, umpires, pioneers and executives have been enshrined at Cooperstown in a public ceremony attracting thousands of fans from across (and sometimes beyond) the United States. Whether conferred by the Baseball Writers Association of America, the Veterans Committee, or in the case of 17 Negro League greats in 2006, an ad hoc committee of historians, Hall of Fame membership is the game's highest honor. This book covers the origins and history of the Hall of Fame museum and its election process, provides general information on each year's class and induction ceremony, and includes concise biographical and career discussion for every Hall of Famer, as well as commentary on his (Effa Manley is the lone female) path to election, and highlights of his speech.

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Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,68 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Baseball players
ISBN : 9781412712170

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"Induction into the Hall of Fame is the greatest accolade a baseball player can receive. Of the thousands of big-leaguers who have suited up since 1869, only about two percent of them have made it to the hallowed halls. Babe Ruth, Buck Leonard, Nolan Ryan, and Martin Dihigo are among the legends -- and lesser-knowns -- who have been voted in. Cooperstown: Hall of Fame Players profiles the great players, managers, and contributors who have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Captivating stories and photographs -- as well as photos of plaques and memorabilla -- bring the Cooperstown experience to life." --P. [4] of cover.

Author : Jay Jaffe
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250071216

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The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe provides a definitive guide to the greatest players in baseball history, and the Hall of Fame.