*Examines the legend that Abner Doubleday invented baseball, including the origins of the legend and its veracity.
*Includes Doubleday's accounts of Fort Sumter, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
*Discusses the controversies surrounding Doubleday's life and legacy.
*Includes pictures of Doubleday and important people and places.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
“Gen. Doubleday was not a man of ‘personal magnetism’ nor what is called a dashing officer.’ He was an earnest and conscientious man and a safe and steady soldier-precise, methodical, and to be depended on in any emergency.” – General Don Carlos Buell
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
*Includes Doubleday's accounts of Fort Sumter, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
*Discusses the controversies surrounding Doubleday's life and legacy.
*Includes pictures of Doubleday and important people and places.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
“Gen. Doubleday was not a man of ‘personal magnetism’ nor what is called a dashing officer.’ He was an earnest and conscientious man and a safe and steady soldier-precise, methodical, and to be depended on in any emergency.” – General Don Carlos Buell
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.