The best pitcher in baseball [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455686603321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Foster
Negro Rube baseball biography figure important most revealing |
ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780181103321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808791903321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elston and me [[electronic resource] ] : the story of the first black Yankee / / Arlene Howard with Ralph Wimbish |
Autore | Howard Arlene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | WimbishRalph |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball players' spouses - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-6350-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449691303321 |
Howard Arlene | ||
Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elston and me : the story of the first Black Yankee / / Arlene Howard with Ralph Wimbish |
Autore | Howard Arlene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | WimbishRalph |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball players' spouses - United States |
ISBN | 0-8262-6350-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777354303321 |
Howard Arlene | ||
Columbia : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Elston and me : the story of the first black Yankee / / Arlene Howard with Ralph Wimbish |
Autore | Howard Arlene |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | WimbishRalph |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball players' spouses - United States |
ISBN | 0-8262-6350-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- ForewoRd -- Preface -- Introduction -- Compton Hill -- Emmaline's Son -- Kansas City -- The Wedding -- The White Yankees -- The Rookie -- The Bronx, 1956 -- Casey's Machine -- A New Ball Game -- Baseball's Best Catcher -- Teaneck -- MVP -- Elston Howard Night -- The Elbow -- The Impossible Dream -- Retirement -- Good-bye, Jackie -- Ready to Manage -- Elston Jr. -- Yankee Class -- Farewell -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816800303321 |
Howard Arlene | ||
Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rogers Hornsby [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Jonathan D'Amore |
Autore | D'Amore Jonathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Collana | Baseball's all-time greatest hitters |
Soggetto topico | Baseball players - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-41795-9
9786612417955 0-313-06207-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Stockyards and Sandlots; CHAPTER 2 Growing into the National League; CHAPTER 3 Money; CHAPTER 4 The Rajah; CHAPTER 5 A Championship; CHAPTER 6 ""New York's New Babe Ruth""; CHAPTER 7 Peaks and Valleys; CHAPTER 8 The Great Depression; CHAPTER 9 TO Baseball's Hinterlands and Back; CHAPTER 10 Hornsby'S Bend; CHAPTER 11 Making of a Legend; Appendix: Rogers Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456741003321 |
D'Amore Jonathan | ||
Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rogers Hornsby [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Jonathan D'Amore |
Autore | D'Amore Jonathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Collana | Baseball's all-time greatest hitters |
Soggetto topico | Baseball players - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-41795-9
9786612417955 0-313-06207-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Stockyards and Sandlots; CHAPTER 2 Growing into the National League; CHAPTER 3 Money; CHAPTER 4 The Rajah; CHAPTER 5 A Championship; CHAPTER 6 ""New York's New Babe Ruth""; CHAPTER 7 Peaks and Valleys; CHAPTER 8 The Great Depression; CHAPTER 9 TO Baseball's Hinterlands and Back; CHAPTER 10 Hornsby'S Bend; CHAPTER 11 Making of a Legend; Appendix: Rogers Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781097703321 |
D'Amore Jonathan | ||
Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rogers Hornsby : a biography / / Jonathan D'Amore |
Autore | D'Amore Jonathan |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Collana | Baseball's all-time greatest hitters |
Soggetto topico | Baseball players - United States |
ISBN |
979-82-16-00966-5
1-282-41795-9 9786612417955 0-313-06207-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Stockyards and Sandlots; CHAPTER 2 Growing into the National League; CHAPTER 3 Money; CHAPTER 4 The Rajah; CHAPTER 5 A Championship; CHAPTER 6 ""New York's New Babe Ruth""; CHAPTER 7 Peaks and Valleys; CHAPTER 8 The Great Depression; CHAPTER 9 TO Baseball's Hinterlands and Back; CHAPTER 10 Hornsby'S Bend; CHAPTER 11 Making of a Legend; Appendix: Rogers Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820851503321 |
D'Amore Jonathan | ||
Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sizzler [[electronic resource] ] : George Sisler, baseball's forgotten great / / Rick Huhn |
Autore | Huhn Rick <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, MO, : University of Missouri Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 322 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico | Baseball players - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-6421-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | George who? -- Blue sweater -- Arm trouble -- Reunited and repositioned -- War clouds -- The veteran -- Major-league changes -- Renaissance man -- Guarded optimism -- "The little world series" -- Missing in action -- Comeback kid -- Same old same old -- Brave new world -- Private enterprise -- Full circle -- Family man -- Historically speaking. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450578903321 |
Huhn Rick <1944-> | ||
Columbia, MO, : University of Missouri Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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