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Swinging for the fences : Black baseball in Minnesota
- Title
- Swinging for the fences : Black baseball in Minnesota / edited by Steven R. Hoffbeck.
- Publication
- St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hoffbeck, Steven R.
- Description
- xiv, 243 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
- Contents
- Preface: The brotherhood of baseball -- They didn't want to play with Fisher / William D. Green -- Prince Honeycutt and the Fergus Falls Musculars -- Bud Fowler and the Stillwater Nine, 1884 / Dan Cagley -- The Quicksteps duel the Brown Stockings, 1887 -- Drawing the color line on Walter Ball, 1890-1908 / Jim Darn -- Opposing the color line in Minnesota, 1899 -- Bobby Marshall, the legendary first basemen / Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Barnstorming teams, 1909-1920 -- John Wesley Donaldson, a great mound artist ; The mystery of Lefty Wilson / Peter W. Gorton -- Marco Breedlove, big fish in a small pond / Kyle McNary -- A Negro League team in Minnesota, 1942 -- Roy Campanella and the breaking of the color barrier / Ted Genoways -- Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers, 1951 -- Satchel Paige: barnstorming in Minnesota / Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Jackie Robinson visits Minnesota, 1955 -- Toni Stone: a tomboy to remember / Teri Ann Finneman -- Barnstorming Black teams: the end of an era -- Earl Battey and the integration of spring training / Kwame McDonald and Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Bobby Darwin: escape from Watts / Joel A. Rippel -- Dave Winfield: making a name for himself / Kwame McDonald and Steven R. Hoffbeck -- Lyman Bostock, Jr.: death of an outfielder -- Kirby Puckett: all player all the time / Jay Winer -- Appendix: Rosters of all-Black teams, 1920s and 1930s.
- Call Number
- Sc F 05-272
- ISBN
- 087351517X
- LCCN
- 2004021866
- OCLC
- 58462797
- Title
- Swinging for the fences : Black baseball in Minnesota / edited by Steven R. Hoffbeck.
- Imprint
- St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
- Added Author
- Hoffbeck, Steven R.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 05-272JFF 05-1070