Bright Star in a Shadowy Sky : The Story of Indian Bob Johnson

by McGrath, Patrick J.; McGrath, Terrence K.

• ISBN13: 9780805951257
• ISBN10: 0805951253
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter One: From Oklahoma to Tacoma	1	(5)
Chapter Two: A Tale of Two Cities: San Francisco and Portland (with Stops in Wichita and Pueblo)	6	(15)
Chapter Three: A Tale of Three Outfielders	21	(11)
Chapter Four: ...And a Fourth Outfielder (the Best of the Lot)	32	(10)
Chapter Five: The Sophomore Jinx	42	(10)
Chapter Six: Fortnight in Fort Myers	52	(16)
Chapter Seven: Third Year the Charm?	68	(15)
Chapter Eight: A Beaver Sticks to His Task	83	(17)
Chapter Nine: A Tiger Changes His Stripes	100	(7)
Chapter Ten: Philadelphia-This Time to Stay	107	(36)
Chapter Eleven: Roy Fits into the New Regime at Fenway Park	143	(7)
Chapter Twelve: The Fall of the House of Mack	150	(34)
Chapter Thirteen: The Not-So-Coincidental Rise of the House of Yawkey and Collins	184	(17)
Chapter Fourteen: Even Moses Can't Save This Team	201	(25)
Chapter Fifteen: A Pennant for Roy	226	(8)
Chapter Sixteen: My Kingdom for A Pitcher	234	(22)
Chapter Seventeen: Roy-Back to Boston...and on to Nowhere	256	(14)
Chapter Eighteen: Mister Consistency	270	(29)
Chapter Nineteen: From Out of Left Field	299	(30)
Chapter Twenty: Let There be Lights...but None at the End of the Tunnel	329	(42)
Chapter Twenty-one: Tough Times at Twenty-first and Lehigh	371	(40)
Chapter Twenty-two: A Fast Start-a Slow Fade	411	(29)
Chapter Twenty-three: Sold Down the River	440	(41)
Chapter Twenty-four: From D.C. to Fenway	481	(19)
Chapter Twenty-five: Big Time in Beantown	500	(28)
Chapter Twenty-six: Going Out in Style	528	(25)
Chapter Twenty-seven: Back to the Bushes	553	(30)
Chapter Twenty-eight: Tacoma Time	583	(14)
Chapter Twenty-nine: The Indian at Twilight	597	(19)
Appendices	616	(33)
Notes	649	(1)
Sources	650	(1)
Index	651