Description
1952 edition. Former library book has some markings and labels from the library. Hardcover has some wear along the sides, scuffs and marks. No dust jacket. Spine has some wear on the top and bottom. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.
This well-loved copy of “Basketball Comes to Lonesome Point” by James S. Ayars is a delightful time capsule from the early days of the sport’s nationwide popularity. Published in 1952, it captures the excitement and challenges of bringing basketball to a small rural community in the years following World War II. Ayars’ charming tale resonates with the era’s shifting cultural tides, as the nation embraced new pastimes and diversions in the postwar boom. While showing its age with library markings and wear, this vintage hardcover maintains an appealing vintage aesthetic that transports readers to a simpler time when the thrill of a new basketball court could captivate an entire town. For collectors of Americana, sports history, or mid-20th century fiction, this book offers a window into an iconic period when basketball was just taking hold across America.
