Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
1995-01-01
Förlag
Wayne State University Press
Originalspråk
English
Illustrationer
75 Illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 153 x 19 mm
Vikt
499 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1723:Standard B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9780814325827

Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars

The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933

av Richard Bak
Häftad,  Engelska, 1995-01-01
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In recalling the early part of this century in baseball history, casual fans tend to glorify legends like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. While these remarkable players dazzled fans and grabbed headlines, black players who were every bit as good went unnoticed outside the Negro leagues. Because a "gentleman's agreement" among the white owners of organized baseball banned blacks from the major and minor leagues from the 1880s through 1946, the Negro National League provided black players the sole opportunity to display their talent. In Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars, Richard Bak documents the extraordinary history of Detroit's first and foremost black professional baseball team. This groundbreaking analysis of Detroit's entry in the Negro National League brings to life a fascinating story of skill, pride, and perseverance. As a charter member of Andrew "Rube" Foster's National Negro League, the Detroit Stars quickly evolved into an integral part of black culture. From the team's beginning in 1919 to its demise in 1933, the Stars offered Detroit's black community entertainment and a short respite from the hardships of daily life. Moreover, the Detroit Stars represented a rare example of successful black entrepreneurship. The greatest Star of them all was Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, the brilliant longball-hitting center fielder. Stearnes established virtually all of the team's individual and career records during his nine seasons with Detroit.
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This book takes a long historical, social, and cultural look at the history of Detroit as well as Negro League Baseball. As much as any civil rights march or Senate bill, the pioneers of black baseball, such as Stearnes and his friends, forced the integration of America. Bak brings to life a long lost chapter in the history of baseball and the history of Detroit . . . a must read for fans of baseball and for all Americans.--Bruce Chadwick "author of When the Game Was Black and White "

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Richard Bak is a freelance writer and is the author of Cobb Would Have Caught It (1991), and A Place for Summer (1998) both published by Wayne State University Press.

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