Doubleday
Baseball myth surname
Doubleday is an American publishing house, one of the largest and oldest in the country, known for bestselling fiction and nonfiction: Her novel was picked up by Doubleday.
The name also attaches to Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general once mistakenly credited with inventing baseball—a myth long debunked but still circulating.
Traditional explanatory tale
- CooperstownBaseball museum's home village
- origin storyAccount of how something began
- Hall of FameInstitution honoring distinguished achievers
- legendUnverified traditional tale
American book publisher
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- Random HouseMajor American publisher
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
conglomerate · cofounder · partnership · bestsellers · hardcover · paperback · editions · catalog
myth
Traditional explanatory tale
- CooperstownBaseball museum's home village
- origin storyAccount of how something began
- Hall of FameInstitution honoring distinguished achievers
Knopf
American book publisher
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- Random HouseMajor American publisher
- mergerCorporate combination
acquisition · conglomerate · cofounder · partnership · bestsellers · hardcover · paperback · editions · catalog · editorial
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · name · kinship · descent · relatives · dynasty · legacy · pedigree · bloodline · forebears
day, double, doubling, doubles, double-cross, redouble, double-dealing, double-check, doubler