Jeffrey Michael Laing

Bud Fowler

Baseball's First Black Professional

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Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Bud Fowler (ne John Jackson), the first African American to play in organised baseball, and the longest tenured at the time that the colour line was drawn. Emphasising the social and cultural contexts for Fowler's accomplishments on and off the baseball diamond, and his prominence within the history and development of the national pastime, Jeff Laing builds a convincing case for Fowler as one of the great pioneering figures of the early game.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780786472642
• ISBN-10: 0786472642
• Artikelnr.: 37742732

Autorenporträt

The late Jeffrey Michael Laing was a retired English teacher. He lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue: Grand Island, Nebraska, May 1892-Bud Fowler's Fight
One-The Rise of Baseball in the Nineteenth Century
Two-The Color Line: Segregation and Racism in Nineteenth Century Baseball
Three-An African American in Organized Baseball (1878-1886)
Four-The Color Line Emerges (1887-1889)
Five-Shut Out: The Independent Years (1890-1899)
Six-A Boys' Game and a Gentleman's Agreement: The Tensions Within
Nineteenth Century Baseball
Seven-Bud Fowler, Black Baseball Entrepreneur (1883-1913)
Eight-Bud Fowler's Legacy
Epilogue: Frankfort, New York, July 1987-Bud Fowler Day
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index