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Shades of glory : the Negro leagues and the story of African-American baseball
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Shades of glory : the Negro leagues and the story of African-American baseball

Author: Lawrence D Hogan; National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Drawing on years of research, Shades of Glory traces the history of black baseball from the 19th century to the first great teams, such as the Cuban Giants, and on to the era of the vibrant barnstorming teams from the East Coast, Chicago, and Cuba. The unparalleled Rube Foster started the first Negro League in 1920, with such dominant teams as the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. Pittsburgh soon  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hogan, Lawrence D., 1944-
Shades of glory.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006
(OCoLC)647529006
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrence D Hogan; National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
ISBN: 9780792253068 079225306X 9781426200335 1426200331
OCLC Number: 63136393
Notes: Published in association with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Includes index.
Description: xxiii, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Early days --
Before Jim Crow --
The great independents --
Organized league ball --
The new Negro --
Hope for the future --
The breakdown --
Recovery and demise --
Crossing the color line --
Forgotten legacy --
Negro league statistics.
Responsibility: Lawrence D. Hogan ; with a foreword by Jules Tygiel.
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Presenting a comprehensive narrative on the history of African-American baseball, this book talks about the players, owners, and fans who made the Negro leagues a vibrant cultural pastime as well as  Read more...

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