Ball, Bat and Bishop by Robert W Henderson

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Covers the origins not only of baseball but of a score of related sports involving hitting, catching, throwing, or kicking a ball. This title traces the origins of ball sports to religious rites in ancient Egypt, where the ball represented a fertility symbol and opposing teams engaged in mock combat signifying the struggle of good against evil.

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Ball, Bat and Bishop by Robert W Henderson

Covers the origins not only of baseball but of a score of related sports involving hitting, catching, throwing, or kicking a ball. This title traces the origins of ball sports to religious rites in ancient Egypt, where the ball represented a fertility symbol and opposing teams engaged in mock combat signifying the struggle of good against evil.
Henderson is by all odds the world's foremost student and soundest historian of the origin and growth of games that are played with a ball-- John Lardner, New York Times Book Review

Robert Henderson is a therapist who specializes in Thai Yoga Massage and is also an energy worker. He is a member of the Thai Healing Alliance International and a student of Asokoananda, Chaiyuth Priyasith, Pichest Boonthumme, and Jasmine Vishnu. He is an Austrian who lives and works there.

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ISBN 13 9780252069925
ISBN 10 0252069927
Title Ball, Bat and Bishop
Author Robert W Henderson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Year published 2001-04-12
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.