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Wright State University

Communication Faculty Publications

2010

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Book Review: The Great Match And Our Base Ball Club, Scott D. Peterson Nov 2010

Book Review: The Great Match And Our Base Ball Club, Scott D. Peterson

Communication Faculty Publications

These two early baseball texts are well met (and well married) in the recently published book that was edited by Trey and Geri Strecker. While Our Base Ball Club focuses more on illustrating how "baseball fever" could overtake a nineteenth century American town, both texts demonstrate the contemporary significance of the game.


Book Review: Drowned Boy, Scott D. Peterson Sep 2010

Book Review: Drowned Boy, Scott D. Peterson

Communication Faculty Publications

The seven stories and the novella that make up Jerry Gabriel's recently published collection are linked by a single character, much in the manner of another Ohioian, Sherwood Anderson. The pieces follow Nate Holland from age eight to young adulthood and portray his upbringing in a small town in Southeastern Ohio.