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The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf [First Sports Novel by Barbour] [1899]
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Ralph Henry Barbour was the most influential voice in early 20th-century juvenile sports fiction, eventually producing over 100 novels that defined the 'school spirit' genre. Before Barbour, most 'boys' books' were centered.....