American Nationalism and Cricket

The Story of America’s Shift from the “Gentleman’s Game” to the “Game of Men”

Between Manhattan’s 29th and 30th Streets stands Gilsey House, an opulent eight-story homage to the Gilded Age, erected in the years following the Civil War. Before its construction, the site was home to Casper Samler’s farmstead. Back then, a vast open field stretched north across 30th Street, delimited by Park Avenue to the east and Bloomingdale Road …