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100 1 _aStratemeyer, Edward,
_d1862-1930
245 1 4 _aThe baseball boys of Lakeport
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aStratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930. Lakeport series ; v.2.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-10-16
508 _aAaron Adrignola, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Baseball Boys of Lakeport: or, The Winning Run" by Edward Stratemeyer is a children's sports novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a group of boys from the small town of Lakeport who are passionate about baseball and organize a baseball club to compete against rival teams. Featuring characters like Joe and Harry Westmore, along with their friends Fred Rush and others, the book promises a combination of sportsmanship, friendship, and youthful adventure. The beginning of the tale introduces us to the excitement of a casual baseball game among friends, showcasing their enthusiasm for the sport and their dreams of forming a proper baseball club. As they gather other boys for a game, the narrative establishes the camaraderie and rivalry typical in small-town settings. However, the stakes rise when they receive a challenge from a rival team, the Excelsior Baseball Club, igniting their determination to prepare and succeed in the upcoming match. Themes of teamwork, leadership, and the challenges of youth are woven throughout this opening, setting the stage for an engaging story about pursuit, personal growth, and the spirit of competition in the realm of baseball. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1905
653 _aBoys -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBaseball stories
700 1 _aKlepper, Max F.
_q(Max Francis),
_d1861-1907
830 0 _aStratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930. Lakeport series ; v.2.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/baseballboysofla00stra/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74593
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