America's National Game
America's National Game is a book by Albert Spalding, published in 1911, that details the early history of the sport of baseball. Much of the story is told first-hand since, since the 1850s, Spalding had been involved in the game, first as a player and later as an administrator. In addition to his personal recollections, he had access to the records of Henry Chadwick, the game's first statistician and archivist. Spalding was, however, said to aggrandise his role in the major moments in baseball's history.
