Oscar Charleston - The Life and Legend of Baseball''s Greatest Forgotten Player

Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Beer is a founding partner at American Philanthropic in Phoenix. He is the author of The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity and his writing on sports, society, and culture has appeared in the Washington Post, National Review, First Things, and the Baseball Research Journal, among many other venues.   Klappentext Jeremy Beer is a founding partner at American Philanthropic in Phoenix. He¿is the author of The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity and his writing on sports, society, and culture has appeared in the Washington Post, National Review, First Things, and the Baseball Research Journal, among many other venues. ¿ Zusammenfassung The biography of Oscar Charleston, a Negro Leagues legend and one of baseball’s greatest and most unjustifiably overlooked players. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface     Introduction: Craftsman     Chapter 1. Batboy, 1896–1912     Chapter 2. Hothead, 1912–1915     Chapter 3. Riser, 1916–1918     Chapter 4. Star, 1919–1922     Chapter 5. Manager, 1922–1926     Chapter 6. Leader, 1926–1931     Chapter 7. Champion, 1932–1938     Chapter 8. Scout, 1939–1947     Chapter 9. Legend, 1948–     Epilogue     Acknowledgments     Appendix: Statistical Record     Notes     Bibliography     Index

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Beer
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781496217110
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1711-0
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Baseball, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, Biography / Autobiography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History