| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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The Best Pitcher in Baseball; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Best Pitcher in the Country; Chapter 2: At the Top of His Game; Chapter 3: A Return to the Midwest; Chapter 4: The Leland Giants; Chapter 5: The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty; Chapter 6: Another Championship; Chapter 7: The Dynasty Is Interrupted; Chapter 8: Back on Top in Wartime; Chapter 9: Rube Ball; Chapter 10: Black Baseball and the Segregated Community; Chapter 11: Organizing Black Baseball; Chapter 12: Czar of Black Baseball; Chapter 13: Rube Foster's Legacy |
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Chapter 14: The Drive to CooperstownBibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black baseball teamsthe Cuban X-Giants and the Philadelphia Giants before becoming player-manager of the Leland Giants and the Chicago American Giants. Long a |
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Foster |
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Negro |
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Rube |
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baseball |
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biography |
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figure |
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important |
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most |
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revealing |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-224) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Foster, Rube, 1879-1930.
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| SUBJECT |
Foster, Rube
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Foster, Rube, 1879-1930 fast |
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
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African American baseball players -- Biography
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Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography
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Negro leagues -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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African American baseball players
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Baseball players
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Baseball team owners
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Negro leagues
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585434743 |
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9780585434742 |
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0814716148 |
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9780814716144 |
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9780814790403 |
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0814790402 |
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