Ted Strong Jr. : the untold story of an original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star / / Sherman L. Jenkins
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| Autore: |
Jenkins Sherman L. <1956->
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| Titolo: |
Ted Strong Jr. : the untold story of an original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star / / Sherman L. Jenkins
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 796.323092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Basketball players - United States |
| Baseball players - United States | |
| Negro leagues - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Prologue -- It started with a Senior -- "Ted was big for his age" -- Ted Jr. comes into his own -- The sky is the limit -- Prime Time abound with hiccups -- The 15th season -- 1942-1943 - A season of change, World War II calls -- The brothers return -- "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" -- 1947 -- Ted Jr.'s younger brother begins to "break em" off -- Twilight triple header -- Epilogue. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book is the first biography of Ted Strong Jr., a two-sport athlete of the Negro Leagues and the Harlem Globetrotters. Born Theodore Relighn Strong Jr. in South Bend, Indiana, the eldest of 14 children, Ted was raised in the Black Belt of South Side Chicago. He was one of the original Harlem Globetrotters and a major star in the Negro Baseball Leagues. This biography displays the determination of a man who excelled despite the odds experienced by African Americans in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ted Strong Jr |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-6728-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798646603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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