02727nam 2200577 a 450 991045158160332120200520144314.01-281-21342-X97866112134280-8032-4322-7(CKB)1000000000483927(EBL)332883(OCoLC)437200619(SSID)ssj0000120795(PQKBManifestationID)11130185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120795(PQKBWorkID)10092462(PQKB)10642639(MiAaPQ)EBC332883(Au-PeEL)EBL332883(CaPaEBR)ebr10217022(EXLCZ)99100000000048392720070814d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChief Bender's burden[electronic resource] the silent struggle of a baseball star /Tom SwiftLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20081 online resource (346 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-4321-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Chapter Twenty-Five; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Acknowledgments; IndexWith a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's feel for storytelling, Tom Swift takes readers on Bender's improbable journey-from his early years on the White Earth Reservation, to his development at the Carlisle Indian School, to his big break and eventual rise to the pinnacle of baseball. The story of a paradoxical American sports hero, one who achieved a once-unfathomable celebrity while suffering the harsh injustices of a racially intolerant world, Chief Bender's Burden is an eye-opening and inspiring narrative of a unique American life.Baseball playersPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBiographyIndian baseball playersUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Baseball playersIndian baseball players796.357092BSwift Tom883837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451581603321Chief Bender's burden1973974UNINA