Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues: Revised Edition
- ISBN-10
- 0486136477
- ISBN-13
- 9780486136479
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-29
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- John B. Holway
Description
The foremost historian of the "blackball" era spent nearly 10 years researching this acclaimed oral history, interviewing 17 outstanding players including Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells. Over 80 vintage photographs.
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