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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Peterson, Robert, 1925-2006. Only the ball was white. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)645839521 |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Peterson |
| ISBN: | 0195076370 9780195076370 |
| OCLC Number: | 25203243 |
| Notes: | Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1970. Includes index. |
| Description: | 406 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | by Robert Peterson. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.
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