A Game of Brawl – The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Penn…

A Game of Brawl\nby Bill Felber\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Bill Felber\nTitle: A Game of Brawl\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9780803226364\nISBN-10: 0803226365\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nNot only was it probably the most cutthroat pennant race in baseball history; it was also a struggle to define how baseball would be played. This book re-creates the rowdy, season-long 1897 battle between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Beaneaters. Bill Felber brings to life the most intensely watched team sporting event in the US\u2019s history to that time.\n\nNot only was it probably the most cutthroat pennant race in baseball history; it was also a struggle to define how.