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For the first time, John Evangelist Walsh gives the story behind the poem and its young journalist author, as well as its inaugural performance in 1888 in New York's Wallack's Theater. is a portrait of America in the earl
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Presents the story behind the legendary baseball ballad, offering a portrait of the poet, the performer who brought it to the stage, 1880s New York, and America in the early days of baseball.
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"Casey at the Bat" is a legendary poem about the crushing defeat of a small-town baseball hero.
About the Author
John Evangelist Walsh is the author of biographies on Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, and John Keats, among others. He lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.