The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant /

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When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Foster, Rube, > 1879-1930.
Foster, Rube.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
Negro leagues > History.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs américains > Biographies.
Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
African American baseball players.
Baseball players.
Baseball team owners.
Negro leagues.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Best Pitcher in Baseball; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Best Pitcher in the Country; Chapter 2: At the Top of His Game; Chapter 3: A Return to the Midwest; Chapter 4: The Leland Giants; Chapter 5: The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty; Chapter 6: Another Championship; Chapter 7: The Dynasty Is Interrupted; Chapter 8: Back on Top in Wartime; Chapter 9: Rube Ball; Chapter 10: Black Baseball and the Segregated Community; Chapter 11: Organizing Black Baseball; Chapter 12: Czar of Black Baseball; Chapter 13: Rube Foster's Legacy.
  • Chapter 14: The Drive to CooperstownBibliography; Index; About the Author.

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