Pete Hill

Black Baseball's First Superstar

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League's Chicago-based American Giants, led two expansion teams and retired from the sport as manager of the Baltimore Black Sox. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of Hill recounts the career of a neglected Hall of Famer in the context of the turbulent issues that surrounded him--segregation, women's suffrage, Prohibition and the Spanish flu.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-12-23
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor226
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476688770

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. From Buena, Virginia, to Philly2. On the Way to Chicago3. The Hills Arrive in Chicago4. The Rambling Giants5. Racial Conflict On and Off the Field6. Riots and the Noble Experiment7. The Spanish Flu8. President Wilson and the Suffragists9. Pete Hill on His Own10. Finally: A League for Black Baseball11. Year Two in Detroit12. On to Baltimore13. Pete’s Final Moves14. Hall of FameEpilogueChapter NotesBibliographyIndex