Covering the post-Civil War period through the 1950s, this richly illustrated--300 photographs!--history examines black baseball in and around New York City, focusing on its economic impact and cultural legacy. The author documents such famed teams as the Cuban Giants, Lincoln Stars/Giants, Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, and Brooklyn Royal Giants, along with a number of other historically important clubs, as well as the integration of Major League Baseball's Dodgers, Yankees and Giants.
The photos include rare images of Willie Wells, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Minnie Minoso, Monte Irvin, Martin Dihigo, Pete Hill, Rap Dixon and Cannonball Redding, among many others.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"this is a powerful story, powerfully told"-The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter); "this is a terrific piece of research, particularly on the pre-1925 years for which so little has been written. There is a wonderful collection of photos with very informative captions."-David Neft, editor, The Baseball Encyclopedia, 1969, co-author The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball, 1973-2007.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7046-1 (9781476670461)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Noted Negro League historian Larry Lester is the author of eight books and contributor to more then 175 books, theses, and articles on black sports history. He is a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder and has long served as chairman of the SABR Negro Leagues Committee. Since 1998, he has organized the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, the only scholarly gathering devoted to the history of black baseball. Lester was a 2016 recipient of SABR's Henry Chadwick Award, honoring baseball's greatest researchers, and a year later received the Bob Davids Award, SABR's highest honor. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Preface
Early Days of Black Baseball in New York
?1.?Cuban Giants, 1885-1899
?2.?Lincoln Stars, 1914-1916
Eastern Colored League
?3.?Brooklyn Royal Giants, 1905-1927
?4.?Cuban Stars (East), 1917-1932
?5.?Lincoln Giants, 1911-1930
Negro National League
?6.?New York Black Yankees, 1932-1950
?7.?New York Cubans, 1935-1936, 1939-1950
Brooklyn's Best Bums
?8.?Brooklyn Eagles, 1935
?9.?Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, 1945-1946
10.?Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947-1957
New York's Sugar Hill Teams
11.?New York Giants, 1949-1957
12.?New York Yankees, 1955-1959
Faux New York Teams
13.?Harlem Globetrotters
14.?New York Black Travelers
15.?Harlem Stars
East-West -All-Stars Representing New York-Based Teams
New York State Cemeteries
Index
