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Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues, Rogosin, Donn 9780803259690
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- 2007-03
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- 9780803259690
- Book Title
- Invisible Men : Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues
- Item Length
- 8in
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- University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Baseball / History, Sociology of Sports
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- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 302 Pages
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In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier and became a hero for black and white Americans, yet Robinson was a Negro League player before he integrated Major League baseball. Negro League ballplayers had been thrilling black fans since 1920. Among them were the legendary pitchers Smoky Joe Williams, whose fastball seemed to "come off a mountain top," Satchel Paige, the ageless wonder who pitched for five decades, and such hitters as Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard, "the Ruth and Gehrig of the Negro Leagues." Although their games were ignored by white-owned newspapers and radio stations, black ballplayers became folk heroes in cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC, where the teams drew large crowds and became major contributors to the local community life. This memorable narrative, filled with the memories of many surviving Negro League players, pulls the veil off these "invisible men" who were forced into the segregated leagues. What emerges is a glorious chapter in African American history and an often overlooked aspect of our American past. Donn Rogosin has been a public television executive and an independent producer of documentaries. He wrote for the acclaimed documentary There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace, a film on Negro League baseball, and is currently working on a Brazilian music program for television. Monte Irvin played eight years in the Negro Leagues and eight years in the Major Leagues. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803259697
ISBN-13
9780803259690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57015478
Product Key Features
Book Title
Invisible Men : Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Sociology of Sports
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
302 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Gv863.A1r585 2007
Reviews
"[ Invisible Men is both highly readable and thoughtfully provocative a quarter-century after its initial publication. . . . The two main strengths Rogosin brings to his book are the comprehensive sampling of first-hand accounts, and a passion for setting the Negro leagues in the context of American culture (and vice versa). . . . Through numerous stories and vintage photographs Invisible Men renders visible the still-unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues and conveys the full range of life of the Negro Leagues admirably, providing insiders' views of the rise and fall of a key African-American sports and social institution."- Material Culture, "There are certain tales of the arena so inspiring and enraging that they need periodic retelling. And when they can be retold with fresh scholarship and from a contemporary perspective, there is cause for cheering in both the bleachers and the library stacks."Robert Lipsyte,New York Times Book Review, "[ Invisible Men ] is both highly readable and thoughtfully provocative a quarter-century after its initial publication. . . . The two main strengths Rogosin brings to his book are the comprehensive sampling of first-hand accounts, and a passion for setting the Negro leagues in the context of American culture (and vice versa). . . . Through numerous stories and vintage photographs Invisible Men renders visible the still-unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues and conveys the full range of life of the Negro Leagues admirably, providing insiders' views of the rise and fall of a key African-American sports and social institution."- Material Culture, "Enhanced by a superb selection of photographs and a useful index, this volume will appeal to the general reader as well as to the scholar, and it should find a place on many student reading lists. . . . It shows how sports history can enlighten areas of the past beyond the fields of play."-Jim Harper, Journal of Southern History, "[Invisible Men] is both highly readable and thoughtfully provocative a quarter-century after its initial publication. . . . The two main strengths Rogosin brings to his book are the comprehensive sampling of first-hand accounts, and a passion for setting the Negro leagues in the context of American culture (and vice versa). . . . Through numerous stories and vintage photographs Invisible Men renders visible the still-unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues and conveys the full range of life of the Negro Leagues admirably, providing insiders' views of the rise and fall of a key African-American sports and social institution."Material Culture, "There are certain tales of the arena so inspiring and enraging that they need periodic retelling. And when they can be retold with fresh scholarship and from a contemporary perspective, there is cause for cheering in both the bleachers and the library stacks."-Robert Lipsyte,New York Times Book Review, " There are certain tales of the arena so inspiring and enraging that they need periodic retelling. And when they can be retold with fresh scholarship and from a contemporary perspective, there is cause for cheering in both the bleachers and the library stacks. " -- Robert Lipsyte, New York Times Book Review, " Enhanced by a superb selection of photographs and a useful index, this volume will appeal to the general reader as well as to the scholar, and it should find a place on many student reading lists. . . . It shows how sports history can enlighten areas of the past beyond the fields of play. " -- Jim Harper, Journal of Southern History, "There are certain tales of the arena so inspiring and enraging that they need periodic retelling. And when they can be retold with fresh scholarship and from a contemporary perspective, there is cause for cheering in both the bleachers and the library stacks."-Robert Lipsyte, New York Times Book Review, "[Invisible Men] is still relevant, perhaps more relevant than ever as it recounts in telling detail life in baseball's Negro Leagues."Sportsology.net, "Enhanced by a superb selection of photographs and a useful index, this volume will appeal to the general reader as well as to the scholar, and it should find a place on many student reading lists. . . . It shows how sports history can enlighten areas of the past beyond the fields of play."Jim Harper,Journal of Southern History, There are certain tales of the arena so inspiring and enraging that they need periodic retelling. And when they can be retold with fresh scholarship and from a contemporary perspective, there is cause for cheering in both the bleachers and the library stacks., "Enhanced by a superb selection of photographs and a useful index, this volume will appeal to the general reader as well as to the scholar, and it should find a place on many student reading lists. . . . It shows how sports history can enlighten areas of the past beyond the fields of play."-Jim Harper,Journal of Southern History, "[ Invisible Men is still relevant, perhaps more relevant than ever as it recounts in telling detail life in baseball's Negro Leagues."-Sportsology.net, Enhanced by a superb selection of photographs and a useful index, this volume will appeal to the general reader as well as to the scholar, and it should find a place on many student reading lists. . . . It shows how sports history can enlighten areas of the past beyond the fields of play.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
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2006-029419
Dewey Decimal
796.357
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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