
Our White Boy
Jerry Craft(Author)
Kathleen Sullivan(Co-Author)
Texas A & M University Press
Published on 31. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-1-68283-032-1 (ISBN)
Description
At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranchaEUR"so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball club he'd never heard of came as a welcome surprise. But Craft was in for an even bigger surprise when he reported for tryout and discovered he'd been recruited for the West Texas Colored League. Wichita Falls/Graham Stars manager Carl Sedberry persuaded Craft to put aside his misgivings and pitch for the Stars. Despite the derision of black teammates, fans, and opponents, and his own trepidation, i?1/2that white boyi?1/2 took the mound to close a rousing victory in his first game. At home and on the road in segregated Texas, Craft saw discrimination firsthand and from every side. Yet out of his two seasons with the Stars comes an unlikely story of respect, character, humor, and ultimately friendship as the teammates pulled together to succeed in a game they loved.
Reviews / Votes
Jerry Craft has given us an engaging and finally touching book. It is a story of racial harmony in an era of racial distrust. I highly recommend it." -Larry McMurtryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68283-032-1 (9781682830321)
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Persons
Jerry Craft, rancher and former mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, was the first white man to play in the West Texas Colored League, during the summers of 1959 and 1960. A Pioneer in the national cable television industry, he operates ranches in Texas and New Mexico. He lives in Jacksboro, Texas.
Kathleen Sullivan has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist University. A member of the Sport Literature Association and the Society for American Baseball Research, she is the author of Women Characters in Baseball Literature: A Critical Study. She lives in Arlington, Texas.
Kathleen Sullivan has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist University. A member of the Sport Literature Association and the Society for American Baseball Research, she is the author of Women Characters in Baseball Literature: A Critical Study. She lives in Arlington, Texas.