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Pastime in Turbulence
Interviews with Baseball Players of the 1940s
Av Brent Kelley
Häftad, 2001
517 kr
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The 1940s were years of change in the world of baseball. Minor league free agents were introduced to the game in 1940 by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis; Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941 and player after player left to join the war effort with players both below and well above draft age …
Voices from the Negro Leagues
Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960
Av Brent Kelley
Häftad, 2005
502 kr
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Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and a few others. But the stories of the many other African Americans, both stars and journeymen, have largely been forgotten. These were the men who barnstormed the country, …
Baseball's Bonus Babies
Conversations with 24 High-Priced Ballplayers Signed from 1953 to 1957
Av Brent Kelley
Häftad, 2006
396 kr
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In the mid-1940s, the post-war United States was a prosperous country, and baseball had its own share of this prosperity. An expanding minor league led to unprecedented competition for young baseball talent. The ill-conceived idea of a signing bonus quickly introduced an element of financial …
"I Will Never Forget"
Interviews with 39 Former Negro League Players
Av Brent Kelley
Häftad, 2010
506 kr
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This book continues the riches of two highly praised previous volumes, Voices from the Negro Leagues "interesting...solid"--MultiCultural Review) and The Negro Leagues Revisited ("wonderful"--Booklist; "voluminous...top-notch"--Public Library Quarterly).The players interviewed in this new book of …
Negro Leagues Revisited
Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes
Av Brent Kelley
Häftad, 2010
517 kr
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This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, …
