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Author:   Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780786430758

ISBN 10:   0786430753
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   27 June 2007
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      PART I: SATCHEL PAIGE 1. Leroy “Satchel” Paige: The Mystique and Milestones of da Man      2. Satchel Paige, the Baltimore Black Sox and the Politics of Remembrance      3. Satchel: Ruse and Reality      4. The Historical Satchel Paige: True Stories and Tales Truly Told      5. Cracking a Chink in Jim Crow: Satchel Paige and the Integration of Baseball      6. “They’re All Gonna Jump Like That”: Paige as Personality      7. Satchel Paige and Hap Dumont: The Dynamic Duo of the National Baseball Congress Tournament      PART II: THE KANSAS CITY MONARCHS 8. The Monarchs: A Brief History of the Franchise      9. J.L. Wilkinson: “Only the Stars Come Out at Night”      10. Tom Baird: A Challenge to the Modern Memory of the Kansas City Monarchs      11. Jackie Robinson and the 1945 Monarchs      PART III: THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND INTEGRATION 12. Popularity and Perceptions of the Negro Leagues 13. Jackie Robinson: The Desegregation of Baseball and the Fight for Civil Rights      14. Integration and the Homestead Grays      15. “We Can’t Never Lose”: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings 30 Years Later      Appendices      Bibliography: Black Baseball in Kansas City      About the Contributors      Index     

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a number of strong essays --<i>Choice</i>; filled with plenty of solid historical research and writing, and therefore represents the type of book that students of Black baseball should be looking to produce --<i>Journal of Sport History</i>.

-a number of strong essays---Choice; -filled with plenty of solid historical research and writing, and therefore represents the type of book that students of Black baseball should be looking to produce---Journal of Sport History. a number of strong essays --Choice; filled with plenty of solid historical research and writing, and therefore represents the type of book that students of Black baseball should be looking to produce --Journal of Sport History.

-a number of strong essays---Choice; -filled with plenty of solid historical research and writing, and therefore represents the type of book that students of Black baseball should be looking to produce---Journal of Sport History.

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Leslie A. Heaphy is an associate professor of history at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in Canton, Ohio.

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