Baseball Under Siege: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor's Battle to Integrate Spring Training - Paperback
by Adam Henig
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ralph Jr. Wimbish (Foreword by), Adam HenigPublish date:2017-06-13Pages:146
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781548090111ISBN-10:1548090115UPC:9781548090111Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC43AWQYN0
In 1961, when the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, for spring training, neither team had any idea that a feisty physician was about to turn its world upside down. To Major League Baseball, Dr. Ralph Wimbish was just a black homeowner able to house the team's African American ball players, who were segregated from their white teammates-except on the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781548090111ISBN-10:1548090115UPC:9781548090111Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC43AWQYN0
Adam Henig is the author of "Alex Haley's Roots: An Author's Odyssey" (2014) and "Baseball Under Siege: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor's Battle to Integrate Spring Training" (2016). His next book, "Watergate's Forgotten Hero: Frank Wills, Night Watchman," will be coming soon. His writings have appeared in the San Francisco Book Review, Tulsa Book Review, African American Literature Book...
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