Historian and free-lance writer.
Praise for Volume I:
"An important reference, very readable."--The New York Public
Library
"Indispensable."--Dr. Daniel Boorstin, Director, Library of
Congress
"Will remain the basic reference for baseball history."--New York
Historical Review
"First-rate history....[Seymour] gives a full picture of player
salaries, of owner deceits, of public frenzy."--The Baltimore
Sun
"Half of what will be the most comprehensive, serious,
authoritative, and sociological study of baseball ever put to
paper."--San Francisco Chronicle
"It puts baseball...firmly in the American picture....[An]
admirable book."--The Times Literary Supplement (London)
"[Seymour] has the intellectual's passion for facts, but he writes
with the light touch of a sports writer."--New York Daily News
"Stands in a class by itself."--St. Petersburg Times
"Right off the bat, let me say that this history of baseball stands
in a class by itself."--John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate
"With great care the book tells how the game was born, struggled,
survived, and prospered, despite bird-brained direction at the top,
chicanery at all levels, bullying of players, player revolts,
monopolistic and power tactics, scandals, rowdyism and even
violence."--Providence Journal
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