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Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams /
"A rare insider's perspective on baseball's great barnstorming age. The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball--though many of the Globetr...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Celebration : the essence of the Clowns. The heart and soul of black baseball
- Peanuts, Goose and Ed
- Nature Boy, Prince Jo and Birmingham Sam
- Syd Pollock : the man behind the Clowns. Dad and baseball
- View from the office
- View from the bus
- The twenties and thirties : road map. Blue Sox, Red Sox and Cuban stars
- Enter the Clowns
- The forties : with fire. Denver post tournament champions
- Bunny and Buster
- Style defined and refined
- Highlights and insights
- More tales of Goose and Tut
- Life on the road
- At the helm
- Remembrance of players past
- The fifties : the Jody transition. First pennant
- Repeat champions
- A shortstop named Henry
- Toni Stone
- Charlie, Connie and Peanut
- Jackie Robinson's All-stars
- On the road again
- Farewell to the king
- Bobo, Yogi and Chauff
- The sixties : a section reserved for whites. No Camelot for the Clowns
- The Clowns in Cooperstown
- Bobo revisited
- My roomie
- On being black and on the road
- Riding into the sunset
- One last hurrah
- As mailmen whistle. THe last whaler
- Legacy.