Books : Abner Doubleday: Young Baseball Pioneer (Childhood of Famous Americans)
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by: Montrew Dunham
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780689717888
ISBN: 0689717881
Label: Aladdin Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Aladdin Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1995-03
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 1689295
Studio: Aladdin Paperbacks
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Correcting previous review
The previous reviewer apparently did not read the book. There is no claim that Abner Doubleday INVENTED baseball, but rather that he was one of the first boys to play the game,as is evident in the title Young Baseball Pioneer. No one would be more surprised than Abner, himself, that he is known for inventing baseball!
The information was carefully researched, including reading the original newspapers published by Abner's father, during Abner's childhood. Abner Doubleday was an exciting ... Read More
Rating:  - A dis-service to young baseball fans
This book helps to perpetuate the myth that Abner Doubleday had something, anything, to do with the invention of baseball. Any serious baseball fan knows Alexander Cartwright codified the rules of baseball and Doubleday was at West Point in military school when he supposed to be inventing baseball around Cooperstown in 1839. I'm disappointed books like this are still being written.
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