Ernest Thayer's Casey at the Bat Background and Characters of Baseball's Most Famous Poem |
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| Author:
| Moore, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-6711-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $3.00 |
Book Description:
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Ernest Thayer's ""Casey at the Bat"" was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner on June 3, 1888. Its popularity owed much to the universality of its subject. Thayer, a Harvard graduate, said little about the real Casey, though he did leave a few clues. Thayer's background is examined here as the basis for determining the origins of the colourful cast of characters behind his ""Ballad of the Republic"".
Ernest Thayer's ""Casey at the Bat"" was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner on June 3, 1888. Its popularity owed much to the universality of its subject. Thayer, a Harvard graduate, said little about the real Casey, though he did leave a few clues. Thayer's background is examined here as the basis for determining the origins of the colourful cast of characters behind his ""Ballad of the Republic"".