Elston and me : the story of the first black Yankee /

Elston and me : the story of the first black Yankee /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Howard, Arlene, author.
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2001] ©2001
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Sports and American culture series Sports and American culture series.
Subject:	Howard, Elston, -- 1929-1980. Howard, Arlene. Howard, Arlene. Howard, Elston, -- 1929-1980 New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History. New York Yankees (Baseball team) Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. African American baseball players -- Biography. Baseball players' spouses -- United States -- Biography. African American baseball players. Baseball players. Baseball players' spouses. United States. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11130520

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Other authors / contributors:	Wimbish, Ralph, author.
ISBN:	9780826263506 082626350X 1417528214 9781417528219 9780826213587 0826213588
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 201) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Content Description The authors recall the life of the first black to play baseball for New York Yankees.
Other form:	Print version: Howard, Arlene. Elston and me. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2001 0826213588

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: The Funeral
1.. Compton Hill
2.. Emmaline's Son
3.. Kansas City
4.. The Wedding
5.. The White Yankees
6.. The Rookie
7.. The Bronx, 1956
8.. Casey's Machine
9.. A New Ball Game
10.. Baseball's Best Catcher
11.. Teaneck
12.. MVP
13.. Elston Howard Night
14.. The Elbow
15.. The Impossible Dream
16.. Retirement
17.. Good-bye, Jackie
18.. Ready to Manage
19.. Elston Jr.
20.. Yankee Class
21.. Farewell
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index