A Novel
William Brashler| Pub Date: | 1993 |
| Pages: | 280 pages |
| Dimensions: | 5.375 x 8.25 in. |
William Brashler's novel is story of a black barnstorming ball club in 1939, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's unofficial color barrier. This edition includes a preface by the author and an introduction by Peter Bjarkman setting the novel in the contexts of scholarly literature on the Negro Baseball Leagues and of sports fiction. "Captivating . . .. Catches the highs and lows of some bad old days." -- New York Times Book Review
Subjects:
Sports / Black Studies / Fiction