Sutter, L. M.
New Mexico baseball miners, outlaws, Indians, and isotopes, 1880 to the present Print. L.M. Sutter - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010. - vii, 243 pages illustrations, map ; 23 cm Paperback book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
The land of enchantment -- Base ballists in the territory of New Mexico -- Picks, shovels, and bats -- Doing time : the penitentiary players -- A league, a town, a legend -- The flying Kellys -- Soldiers, cowboys, and baseball players : African Americans in New Mexico -- The king (no asterisk) -- The Connie Mack world series -- The Rio Abajo -- Making the ball sing.
"This work traces the history of New Mexican baseball to the days of Billy the Kid and Geronimo. The author describes a kind of feudal society in those early years of the Wild West, where soldiers, miners, criminals, homesteaders, farmers, and the still unsubdued Apaches populated the land, but where baseball existed and was played"--Provided by publisher.
9780786441228 0786441224
2010014906
015617618 Uk
Baseball--History.--New Mexico
Manners and customs.
New Mexico--Social life and customs.
GV863.N6 / S88 2010
796.35709789 Sut 46
New Mexico baseball miners, outlaws, Indians, and isotopes, 1880 to the present Print. L.M. Sutter - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010. - vii, 243 pages illustrations, map ; 23 cm Paperback book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
The land of enchantment -- Base ballists in the territory of New Mexico -- Picks, shovels, and bats -- Doing time : the penitentiary players -- A league, a town, a legend -- The flying Kellys -- Soldiers, cowboys, and baseball players : African Americans in New Mexico -- The king (no asterisk) -- The Connie Mack world series -- The Rio Abajo -- Making the ball sing.
"This work traces the history of New Mexican baseball to the days of Billy the Kid and Geronimo. The author describes a kind of feudal society in those early years of the Wild West, where soldiers, miners, criminals, homesteaders, farmers, and the still unsubdued Apaches populated the land, but where baseball existed and was played"--Provided by publisher.
9780786441228 0786441224
2010014906
015617618 Uk
Baseball--History.--New Mexico
Manners and customs.
New Mexico--Social life and customs.
GV863.N6 / S88 2010
796.35709789 Sut 46