| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
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Sports and American culture series |
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Sports and American culture series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Funeral 1 -- 1. Compton Hill 7 -- 2. Emmaline's Son 11 -- 3. Kansas City 18 -- 4. The Wedding 24 -- 5. The White Yankees 27 -- 6. The Rookie 36 -- 7. The Bronx, 1956 46 -- 8. Casey's Machine 79 -- 9. A New Ball Game 88 -- 10. Baseball's Best Catcher 99 -- 11. Teaneck 109 -- 12. MVP 117 -- 13. Elston Howard Night 123 -- 14. The Elbow 130 -- 15. The Impossible Dream 140 -- 16. Retirement 151 -- 17. Good-bye, Jackie 159 -- 18. Ready to Manage 170 -- 19. Elston Jr. 176 -- 20. Yankee Class 183 -- 21. Farewell 190 |
| Summary |
Content Description The authors recall the life of the first black to play baseball for New York Yankees |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 201) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Howard, Elston, 1929-1980
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Howard, Arlene
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| SUBJECT |
Howard, Arlene fast |
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Howard, Elston, 1929-1980 fast |
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New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
New York Yankees (Baseball team) fast |
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
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African American baseball players -- Biography
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Baseball players' spouses -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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African American baseball players
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Baseball players
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Baseball players' spouses
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wimbish, Ralph, author.
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| ISBN |
9780826263506 |
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082626350X |
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