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First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
Description |
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Prologue -- The collector -- Finding my way into sports -- Hello, Negro Leagues -- The history of Black baseball in America -- Seeing the hard truth -- Going pro -- The Birmingham gamble -- Family reunion -- Taking on the pensions -- Hard work, rewarded -- Unexpected attention -- College days -- My old friends -- The comeback. |
Summary |
"The...true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron-a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston-and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"-- Provided by publisher. |
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In 2007, at the age of twelve, Perron bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues. He started writing letters to former Negro League players asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. The letters turned into phone calls, and in these conversations many of the players revealed that they had fallen out of touch with their former teammates. Perron and a small group of fellow researchers organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. This is the story of his mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball-- and to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, stocked with memorabilia. -- adapted from jacket |
Subject |
Perron, Cam, 1994- -- Friends and associates.
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Baseball -- History.
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Negro leagues -- History.
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
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African American baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00799042
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Discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst00895130
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Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
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Negro leagues. (OCoLC)fst01035591
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Chiles, Nick, author.
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Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021, writer of foreword.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Perron, Cam, 1994- Comeback season First Gallery Books hardcover edition. New York : Gallery Books, 2021. 9781982153625 (DLC) 2020038082 |
ISBN |
9781982153601 hardcover |
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1982153601 hardcover |
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9781982153618 paperback |
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198215361X paperback |
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9781982153625 electronic book |
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