The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House

by Curt Smith

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The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency.

Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would-be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0803288093

ISBN13:9780803288096

Release Date:June 2018

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:504 Pages

Weight:2.03 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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