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Queen of the Negro Leagues : Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

Title
Queen of the Negro Leagues : Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles / James Overmyer.
Author
Overmyer, James
Publication
  • Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Description
xvii, 271 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
"In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this book honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing female co-owner of baseball's Newark Eagles. This edition includes new details regarding the Negro Leagues, Manley's induction into the Hall of Fame, and previously-unknown information about Manley's childhood and family"--
Uniform Title
Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
Alternative Title
Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
Subject
  • Manley, Effa, 1897-1981
  • Manley, Effa, 1897-1981
  • Newark Eagles (Baseball team) > History
  • Newark Eagles (Baseball team)
  • African American baseball team owners > Biography
  • African American baseball managers > Biography
  • Baseball team owners > United States > Biography
  • Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography
  • African American business enterprises
  • African American baseball team owners
  • African American baseball managers
  • African American business enterprises
  • Baseball team owners
  • Women baseball team owners
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles. 1993, and of later edition: Queen of the Negro leagues, 1998.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781538139844
  • 1538139847
  • 9781538139851 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019051368
OCLC
  • on1130320632
  • 1130320632
  • SCSB-9663760
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library