Black baseball out of season : pay for play outside of the Negro leagues /

Black baseball out of season : pay for play outside of the Negro leagues /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McNeil, William.
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.
Description:	ix, 234 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Negro leagues -- History. Baseball -- United States -- History. African American baseball players -- History. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History. African American baseball players. Baseball. Discrimination in sports. Negro leagues. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6494009

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ISBN:	9780786429011 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper) 0786429011 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.
Summary:	"This book tells the story of the thousands of Black professional baseball players whose talents were played out in the undiscovered world of the Negro leagues during the twentieth century. Chapter One introduces the swamplands of Florida where two teams of Negro athletes began to gain national attention for their performances in Palm Beach"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
All roads lead to Florida
Cuban paradise
25th Infantry Regiment baseball team
California, here I come
Barnstorming
Puerto Rican winters
Dominican Republic adventures
Far away in Venezuela
Other venues
Looking back
Appendix: Negro league player statistics.