| Description |
406 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1970. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
This was Negro baseball -- Pioneers in Black and White -- Early Black professionals teams -- Jim Crow scores on the squeeze play -- Giants in those days -- The black Wagner -- The Negro leagues -- Rube from Texas -- On the field and off -- The travellin' man -- Podunk today, hickory switch tomorrow -- Josh -- Freshening winds of freedom -- Emancipation proclamation -- The ninth inning -- Lost legends. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- United States -- History.
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0195076370 |
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9780195076370 |
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