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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Brashler William
- Type
- BOOK
- EAN
- 9781566632959
- ISBN
- 9781566632959
- Book Title
- Josh Gibson : Alife in the Negro Leagues
- Publisher
- Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Baseball / History, Baseball / General, General, Sports
- Item Weight
- 10.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 226 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566632951
ISBN-13
9781566632959
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1680028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Josh Gibson : Alife in the Negro Leagues
Number of Pages
226 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, General, Sports
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-057926
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Outstanding...a cornerstone for any baseball collection." --Lee Milazzo, The Dallas Morning News "A life of the 'black Babe Ruth' doubles as a history of the Negro Leagues." -- Chicago Tribune "A vivid, moving account...one fine book!" --Charles C. Alexander, The Historian "Considered by many historians to be the best biography of the slugger." --Josh Hamill, The New York Times
Dewey Decimal
796.357/092 B
Synopsis
Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. "A balanced account that...brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era."- New York Times Book Review ., Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. "A balanced account that...brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era."--New York Times Book Review., During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in the major leagues. Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. He traces Gibson's career from the sandlots and semi-pro teams of Pittsburgh, through his debut with the Homestead Grays in 1930, and on to his untimely death in 1947 at age thirty-five-the winter after Jackie Robinson broke through the minor leagues' color barrier. With 12 pages of black-and-white photographs. "Brashler has put together a balanced account that, while deflating some of the apocryphal tales of Gibson's exploits, brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era....He emerges here as a stoic figure...totally dedicated to baseball."- New York Times Book Review . "Brashler helps to cut through the legend of a moonfaced laughing giant and give us a sense of Josh's life, in and out of baseball."- New York Review of Books ., During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in the major leagues. Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. He traces Gibson's career from the sandlots and semi-pro teams of Pittsburgh, through his debut with the Homestead Grays in 1930, and on to his untimely death in 1947 at age thirty-five--the winter after Jackie Robinson broke through the minor leagues' color barrier. With 12 pages of black-and-white photographs. "Brashler has put together a balanced account that, while deflating some of the apocryphal tales of Gibson's exploits, brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era....He emerges here as a stoic figure...totally dedicated to baseball."--New York Times Book Review. "Brashler helps to cut through the legend of a moonfaced laughing giant and give us a sense of Josh's life, in and out of baseball."--New York Review of Books.
LC Classification Number
GV865.G53B7 2000
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