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Copyright © 1971 by Harold Seymour

First published in 1971 by Oxford University Press, Inc.,
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First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1989

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You Can't Go Home Again by THOMAS WOLFE,
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The American League Story by LEE ALLEN,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Seymour, Harold, 1910-

Baseball / Harold Seymour.

p. cm.

"First published in 1960[- 1971] by Chdord University Press"--

V. 1-2, t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents: [1] The early years--[2] The golden age.

1. Baseball-- United States--History. I: Title.

GV863.A1S48 1989 89-3406

796.357′0973--dC20 CIP

ISBN 0-19-501403-0

ISBN 0-19-505913-1 (Pbk.)

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