1819-1893

"Step up to the plate and separate fact from fiction in baseball's origins! Did Abner Doubleday really create America's favorite pastime, or does this story strike out? Learn all you can about baseball's beginnings with infographics, primary sources, and expertly leveled text"--Provided by the publisher.

A biography of Abner Doubleday, considered to be the father of baseball, who also had a brilliant military career in the Mexican and Civil Wars.

With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Chronicles the events surrounding the diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe during the American Civil War.

A biography of Abner Doubleday, which focuses on his love for baseball when he was young and who became a general in the Civil War later in life.

With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.