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, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O'Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"wonderful reading for baseball fans"-Booklist; "voluminous...top-notch work"-Public Library Quarterly; "eyewitness accounts from the men who endured both the good and the bad of black ball"-USA Today Sports Weekly; "stories of discrimination, of competition and of playing baseball in a segregated society"-Baseball America; "visits with Negro Leaguers from the 1920s-30s, the 1940s and the 1950s"-The SABR Bulletin.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
124 photos, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 21 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4695-7 (9780786446957)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Brent Kelley, a retired equine veterinarian from Lexington, Kentucky, is the author of numerous McFarland baseball books.
Table of Contents
A Note on Statistics
Introduction
Part One: The 1920s and the 1930s
William "Bobby" Robinson (1925)
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe (1926)
William "Red" Lindsay (1931)
Andy "Pullman" Porter (1932)
Earl Wilson, Sr. (1934)
Percy Reed (1935)
Joe Burt Scott (1936)
Willie Simms (1936)
Jeff "Bo" Campbell (1937)
James "Big Train" Dudley (1937)
Byron "Mex" Johnson (1937)
John "Buck" O'Neil (1937)
Herbert Barnhill (1938)
Bernard Fernandez (1938)
Dick Powell (1938)
William "Jimmy" Barnes (1939)
Charlie Biot (1939)
Thomas "Monk" Favors (1939)
Alton King (1939)
Albert "Buster" Haywood (1940)
Clinton "Casey" Jones (1940)
Ulysses "Hickey" Redd (1940)
Tommy Sampson (1940)
Part Two: The 1940s
John Gibbons (1941)
Napoleon "Schoolboy" Gulley (1941)
Larry "Switch Player" Kimbrough (1941)
Herb "Briefcase" Simpson (1941)
Wesley Dennis (1942)
Ralph "Big Cat" Johnson (1942)
Jim "Lefty" LaMarque (1942)
Ray "Junior" Miller (1942)
Marvin "Tex" Williams (1943)
Maurice Peatros (1944)
Jim McCurine (1945)
Eli "Eddie" Williams (1945)
Jim "Zipper" Zapp (1945)
Benny "Billy" Felder (1946)
Dave Pope (1946)
Bill Powell (1946)
Marvin Price (1946)
Bob Scott (1946)
Walter "Dirk" Gibbons (1947)
John "Hoss" Ritchey (1947)
Raydell Maddix (1948)
Hank Presswood (1948)
Mickey Stubblefield (1948)
Josh Gibson, Jr. (1949)
Neale "Bobo" Henderson (1949)
Merle Porter (1949)
"Jumpin' Johnny" Wilson (1949)
Clifford Brown (1950)
Granville "Granny" Gladstone (1950)
Part Three: The 1950s and the 1960s
Gordon "Hoppy" Hopkins (1952)
Carl Long (1952)
Jim Robinson (1952)
Juan Armenteros (1953)
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (1953)
Eddie Reed (1953)
Enrique "Ricky" Maroto (1954)
Bob "Peachhead" Mitchell (1954)
Ted Rasberry (1954)
Pedro Sierra (1954)
Jim Cobbin (1956)
Eugene "Dick" Scruggs (1956)
William "Sonny" Webb (1958)
Tommy Taylor (1959)
Bibliography
Index
