Bibliograph

The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell, speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues, Lonnie Wheeler

Type

Label

The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell, speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues, Lonnie Wheeler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1233180811

Responsibility statement

Lonnie Wheeler

Sub title

speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues

Summary

Documents the life of the Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and how Major League Baseball's racial barriers impacted his career

Table Of Contents

Author's note -- Prologue: Looking over Jordan -- Jamie Nichols -- The slaughterhouse -- Tricky ball -- The Turkey Stearnes effect -- The stars come out -- Willie's girl -- We'll always have Cuba -- Lighting up big leaguers -- "The greatest negro baseball team ever seen" -- Mutiny -- Beholding Josh Gibson -- See you in Chicago -- Snookering Satchel -- The quintessential Crawfords -- Limbo -- The dictator's campaign for reelection -- Railroad tracks in the outfield -- The land of opportunity -- Fishing on the fourth of July -- Slugger in a straitjacket -- Ground balls to Jackie's backhand -- Stepping aside -- A basket of fruit -- Obscurity -- The call that changed everything -- Cool Papa Bell Avenue -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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