Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Elaine Evans / 4/15/2023 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 0 78 Article rating: No rating Robert D. Sampson will be talking about and signing copies of his book, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois, at 11 a.m., April 15 at Books on the Square, 427 East Washington Street, Springfield. Read more
Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Elaine Evans / 4/24/2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 0 376 Article rating: No rating Robert D. Sampson talks about his new book, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins, a first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois that adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime. Read more
Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Elaine Evans / 5/21/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 0 127 Article rating: No rating Robert D. Sampson talks about his new book, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins, a first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois that adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime. Read more
Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois Elaine Evans / 9/16/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 0 128 Article rating: No rating Robert D. Sampson talks about his new book, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins, a first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois that adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime. Read more
Illinois Heritage, March–April 2018 Illinois Heritage, March–April 2018 Volume 21, Number 2 Elaine Evans / Friday, April 20, 2018 0 4782 Article rating: No rating This March–April issue of Illinois Heritage highlights the recognition of thirty Illinois churches and synagogues that have been in continuous fellowship for 150 years or more. Currently, more than 200 churches and synagogues have been recognized by the ISHS. The Bicentennial Year is well underway with many special events planned by local historical societies, libraries, government agencies and other community organizations. As an individual, consider reading one or more books listed in the Illinois Classics: A Bicentennial Reading List, a twelve-month reading list that includes novels, nonfictional works, and poetry, all by Illinois authors and expressive of the Illinois experience. This issue expresses not only the variety of interests in the state, but what is important at different periods in our state’s history. Read more