Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and his great black teams /

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Author / Creator:	Pollock, Alan J.
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (407 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Pollock, Syd. Pollock, Syd. Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball team) -- History. Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball Team) Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography. Negro leagues -- History. Baseball team owners. Negro leagues. United States. Electronic books. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135819

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Other authors / contributors:	Riley, James A.
ISBN:	9780817386337 0817386335
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	A rare insider's perspective on baseball's great barnstorming age. The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball--though many of the Globetrotters' routines were borrowed directly from the Clowns--they captured the affection of Americans of all ethnicities and classes. Alan Pollock's father, Syd, owned the Clowns, as well as a series of black barnstorming teams that crisscrossed the country from the late 1920s until the mid-1960s. They played every.
Other form:	Print version: Pollock, Alan J. Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1753 9780817357221

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