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Joe Black
Black, Martha Jo; Schoffner, Chuck
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Description for Joe Black
Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became ... Read more
He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780897337533
SKU
V9780897337533
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-16
About Black, Martha Jo; Schoffner, Chuck
Martha Jo Black is the daughter of Joe Black and sells fan experiences for the Chicago White Sox. She lives in Chicago, USA. Chuck Schoffner is a veteran college sports writer whose reporting and editing for United Press International, and later The Associated Press spanned 33 years.
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