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Author Hogan, Lawrence D., 1944-

Title Shades of glory : the negro leagues and the story of African-American baseball / Lawrence D. Hogan ; with a foreword by Jules Tygiel.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.3576408 H678s 2006    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  796.357 Hog    ---  Available
Description xxiii, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Published in association with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Early days -- Before Jim Crow -- The great independents -- Organized league ball -- The new Negro -- Hope for the future -- The breakdown -- Recovery and demise -- Crossing the color line -- Forgotten legacy -- Negro league statistics.
Subject Negro leagues -- History.
African American baseball players -- History.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Added Author National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
ISBN 079225306X (hbk.)
9780792253068 (hbk.)
Standard No. NZ1 10649759

 
    
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