Black Baseball In Pittsburgh
This book chronicles the history of the Negro League in Pittsburgh, from the Homestead Grays to the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Meet legends such as Smokey Joe Williams, the Thunder Twins, Josh Gibson, Steel City's Slugger Supreme, and Buck Leonard, the King of Negro League first basemen. Learn about the new chapter in America's sports history that began when the Negro National League was formed in Kansas City in 1920.
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Chronicles the history of the Negro League in the Steel City from the Homestead Grays in the 1910s to the great Pittsburgh Crawfords teams of the 1930s and through the 1950s. When the Negro National League was formed in Kansas City in 1920, a new chapter in America's sports history had begun. Here, you will meet legends such as Smokey Joe Williams, the famed Thunder Twins, Josh Gibson, the Steel City's Slugger Supreme, and Buck Leonard, the King of Negro League first basemen.
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Subject: History
Brand: Arcadia Publishing
Publisher Date: 03/19/2001
Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.50 x 0.28
UPC: 9780738505312
Pages: 128
