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Josh Gibson

- A Life in the Negro Leagues
Af: William Brashler Engelsk Paperback

Josh Gibson

- A Life in the Negro Leagues
Af: William Brashler Engelsk Paperback
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During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in the major leagues. Perhaps baseball''s greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. He traces Gibson''s career from the sandlots and semi-pro teams of Pittsburgh, through his debut with the Homestead Grays in 1930, and on to his untimely death in 1947 at age thirty-five—the winter after Jackie Robinson broke through the minor leagues'' color barrier. With 12 pages of black-and-white photographs. "Brashler has put together a balanced account that, while deflating some of the apocryphal tales of Gibson''s exploits, brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era....He emerges here as a stoic figure...totally dedicated to baseball."—New York Times Book Review. "Brashler helps to cut through the legend of a moonfaced laughing giant and give us a sense of Josh''s life, in and out of baseball."—New York Review of Books.
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During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in the major leagues. Perhaps baseball''s greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. He traces Gibson''s career from the sandlots and semi-pro teams of Pittsburgh, through his debut with the Homestead Grays in 1930, and on to his untimely death in 1947 at age thirty-five—the winter after Jackie Robinson broke through the minor leagues'' color barrier. With 12 pages of black-and-white photographs. "Brashler has put together a balanced account that, while deflating some of the apocryphal tales of Gibson''s exploits, brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era....He emerges here as a stoic figure...totally dedicated to baseball."—New York Times Book Review. "Brashler helps to cut through the legend of a moonfaced laughing giant and give us a sense of Josh''s life, in and out of baseball."—New York Review of Books.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 226
ISBN-13: 9781566632959
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1566632951
Kategori: Forside
Udg. Dato: 15 feb 2000
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 142mm
Højde: 220mm
Forlag: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Oplagsdato: 15 feb 2000
Forfatter(e): William Brashler
Forfatter(e) William Brashler

Kategori Forside

ISBN-13 9781566632959

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 226

Udgave

Længde 14mm

Bredde 142mm

Højde 220mm

Udg. Dato 15 feb 2000

Oplagsdato 15 feb 2000

Forlag Ivan R Dee, Inc