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Summary: Earns a CASEY Award Nomination
Review: It's amazing that the events Mr. Elfers writes about have been all but forgotten. He brings them back to life so vividly that his book is a very deserving CASEY Award Finalist for 2003. Kudos to Mr. Elfers and the Univ. of Nebraska press!
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Summary: A Great Read On A Difficult To Research Topic
Review: The Tour To End All Tours is a great book about a seemingly long lost event. Elfers research uncovered several valuable reference materials that made this trip come to life. Mrs. Thorpe's dairy of the trip, for example, adds valuable insights that most readers would never encounter.I read a broad range of baseball history books and have a great interest in the 1880 through 1919 baseball era. I found the well researched historical aspects combined with the personal anecdotes of the players and tourist on the 1913-14 tour made this book an insightful and entertaining read. ... After reading this book and discovering that a film was made during the trip, I hold out hope that it may one day it will be found as it would be a great companion to the text.
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Summary: A Great Read On A Difficult To Research Topic
Review: The Tour To End All Tours is a great book about a seemingly long lost event. Elfers research uncovered several valuable reference materials that made this trip come to life. Mrs. Thorpe's dairy of the trip, for example, adds valuable insights that most readers would never encounter. I read a broad range of baseball history books and have a great interest in the 1880 through 1919 baseball era. I found the well researched historical aspects combined with the personal anecdotes of the players and tourist on the 1913-14 tour made this book an insightful and entertaining read. ... After reading this book and discovering that a film was made during the trip, I hold out hope that it may one day it will be found as it would be a great companion to the text.
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Summary: The early love for the game
Review: The US was looking for things to do to take their minds off of the hardships of the time. Baseball was the perfect vehicle to do that. It involved teams with a large number of players, that lasted 2 hours or more. It would also allow a large fan base to surround the field in a picnic atmosphere, to see the action. The author has conveyed different feelings as to what baseball was about in this time period of US history. To push our emerging sport out for the world to see was an incredible chance to elevate many things. First, that we loved to do things together for fun. Second, that the US was a strong and diverse country reaching out to other countries. It is amazing to think of the diversity of the audience this team played to. These players who took part in this must have known what they were portraying to the world, THE LOVE OF THE GAME! The author had to dig hard to research all of the information gathered from this time period. True baseball enthusiats will enjoy this book! David Vogel
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