Casey At the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
Illustrated by Bing, Christopher, Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, Khan, Katie, Polacco, Patricia
A blend of the absurd and the tragic lies at the heart of this immortal baseball ballad, an authentic masterpiece of American humor. From its 1888 debut in the San Francisco Examiner, "Casey at the Bat" quickly caught on with a public that was embracing baseball as the national pastime. By the turn of the twentieth century, everyone was familiar with the Mudville Nine and its vainglorious slugger.
- Publication Date
- 1888
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- Reading level
- Upper Elementary
- Content warning
- None
Book tags
- Timeline
- 19th Century
- Format
- Chapter Book
- Interests
- Sports
- Culture
- United States
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