Project Gutenberg 2006-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 125 Anson, Adrian C. (Adrian Constantine) 1852 1922 Anson, Cap A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Jerry Kuntz as part of the Lawson's Progress Project, "A Ball Player's Career" by Adrian C. Anson is a historical account published in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the personal experiences and reminiscences of Anson, who was a prominent figure in the early days of professional baseball, specifically as a player and manager of the Chicago Base Ball Club. The book provides insight into not only his life and career but also the broader context of baseball's evolution during its formative years. The opening of the book introduces Anson’s birthplace and ancestry, detailing his early life in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he was the first white child born in the area. The narrative captures his youthful antics, the influence of his father, and the relationships he had with local Native Americans, particularly the Pottawattamie tribe. It paints a vivid picture of the challenges he faced in his formative years, such as the death of his mother and his inclination towards mischief, while also expressing a deepening passion for sports, especially baseball. Through these reflections, Anson sets the stage for recounting his journey in baseball, starting from his childhood experiences to his eventual rise in the competitive world of the sport. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Baseball GV Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring 634749 628988 2025-03-08T10:45:10.536592 2023-09-09T05:13:22.393486 text/html text/html 623806 2006-10-28T15:10:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 5178829 2021-01-01T13:46:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6367942 2025-03-08T10:45:22.662627 application/epub+zip 6365805 2025-03-08T10:45:13.880565 application/epub+zip 310644 2025-03-08T10:45:12.152598 application/epub+zip 6564787 2025-03-08T10:45:29.069486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6540026 2025-03-08T10:45:20.694540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485533 2022-09-09T10:29:17.332070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 614582 614527 2025-03-08T10:45:09.346578 2023-09-09T05:13:21.330422 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 614438 2021-01-01T13:46:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 226944 2021-01-01T13:46:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19492 2025-03-08T10:45:29.235488 application/rdf+xml 13104 2025-03-08T10:45:12.731565 image/jpeg 3823 2025-03-08T10:45:12.439554 image/jpeg 5326957 2025-03-08T10:45:11.444577 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia