Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues Revised Edition

by Holway, John B.; Ceresi, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780486475417
• ISBN10: 0486475417
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-20
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

From 1887 to 1947, hundreds of elite athletes played in the Negro Leagues, banned from the majors because of the color of their skin. The foremost historian of the "blackball" era spent nearly ten years researching this acclaimed oral history, interviewing 17 outstanding players including Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells. 70 vintage photographs.

Author Biography

Jocelyn R. Davis, Henry M. Frechette, Jr., and Edwin H. Boswell are executives at The Forum Corporation. Forum is a global professional services firm that works with senior leaders to accelerate their critical business strategies.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Dover Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the 1992 Edition	p. xvii
Introduction: The Invisible Men	p. xix
The Major League Nobody Knows	p. 1
Bill Drake	p. 22
David Malarcher	p. 39
Crush Holloway	p. 59
Webster McDonald	p. 70
Newt Allen	p. 90
Cool Papa Bell	p. 107
Ted Page	p. 141
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe	p. 169
Bill Foster	p. 189
Larry Brown	p. 205
Willie Wells	p. 218
William "Sug" Cornelius	p. 234
Buck Leonard	p. 250
Hilton Smith	p. 280
James "Joe" Greene	p. 299
Mrs. Effa Manley	p. 315
Tom "Pee Wee" Butts	p. 327
Othello Renfroe	p. 339
"Sunset Before Dawn"	p. 353
Appendix	p. 355
Index	p. 393
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