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Title Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert : the wild saga of interracial baseball before Jackie Robinson / Timothy M. Gay.
Author Gay, Timothy M.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  796.357 GAY    Check Shelves
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description xvi, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-334) and index.
Contents May 1942 -- Interracial barnstorming before Satch -- Satch hits the chitlin' circuit -- The lean one meets the dizzy one -- "Plenty Dizzy" : Diz, Daffy, and Satch in 1934 -- Encore: Diz, Daffy, and Satch do it again -- Go west, young men -- Rapid Robert meets Satch -- Bobby and Satch hit the hustings -- Black-white ball goes to war -- Feller and Satch celebrate V-J Day -- Going airborne: the Feller-Paige '46 tour -- Bobby and Satch's (almost) farewell tour -- Satch becomes a rookie.
Summary Based on new research, this is the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller, and barnstorming introduced integrated baseball to America.
Subject Baseball -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
African American baseball players -- History.
Negro leagues -- History.
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982.
Dean, Dizzy, 1910-1974.
Feller, Bob, 1918-
Added Title Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert
ISBN 9781416547983 (hc.) : $26.00
1416547983 (hc.)