Barnstorming to heaven : Syd Pollock and his great Black teams /
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| Author / Creator: | Pollock, Alan J. |
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| Imprint: | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006. |
| Description: | viii, 407 p., [34] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5898464 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Celebration: The Essence of the Clowns
- 1. The Heart and Soul of Black Baseball
- 2. Peanuts, Goose and Ed
- 3. Nature Boy, Prince Jo and Birmingham Sam
- Part 2. Syd Pollock: The Man Behind the Clowns
- 4. Dad and Baseball
- 5. View from the Office
- 6. View from the Bus
- Part 3. The Twenties and Thirties: Road Map
- 7. Blue Sox, Red Sox and Cuban Stars
- 8. Enter the Clowns
- Part 4. The Forties: With Fire
- 9. Denver Post Tournament Champions
- 10. Bunny and Buster
- 11. Style Defined and Refined
- 12. Highlights and Insights
- 13. More Tales of Goose and Tut
- 14. Life on the Road
- 15. At the Helm
- 16. Remembrance of Players Past
- Part 5. The Fifties: The Jody Transition
- 17. First Pennant
- 18. Repeat Champions
- 19. A Shortstop Named Henry
- 20. Toni Stone
- 21. Charlie, Connie and Peanut
- 22. Jackie Robinson's All-Stars
- 23. On the Road Again
- 24. Farewell to the King
- 25. Bobo, Yogi and Chauff
- Part 6. The Sixties: A Section Reserved for Whites
- 26. No Camelot for the Clowns
- 27. The Clowns in Cooperstown
- 28. Bobo Revisited
- 29. My Roomie
- 30. On Being Black and on the Road
- 31. Riding into the Sunset
- 32. One Last-Hurrah
- Part 7. As Mailmen Whistle
- 33. The Last Whaler
- 34. Legacy
- Epilogue
- Index
