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Title:
Homestand : small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America

Small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America
Author:
Bardenwerper, Will, author.
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780385549653
Subject Term:
Minor league baseball -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History.

Community life -- United States -- History.

Country life -- United States -- History.

Small cities -- Social aspects -- United States.

Small cities -- Economic aspects -- United States.

Social values -- United States.

Baseball players -- Biography.

Communauté -- États-Unis -- Histoire.

Petites villes -- Aspect social -- États-Unis.

Petites villes -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.

Valeurs sociales -- États-Unis.

Ligues mineures (Base-Ball) -- États-Unis -- Associations -- Histoire.

Joueurs de base-ball -- Biographies.
Summary:
"A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America - written by an acclaimed journalist who went from Princeton to Army Ranger School to Iraq in search of the core values he ended up finding in a minor league stadium in Batavia, New York"--