[PDF.27sc] Bud Fowler: Baseball's First Black Professional

Bud Fowler: Baseball's First Black Professional

[PDF.wn78] Bud Fowler: Baseball's First Black Professional

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 | #3199482 in Books |  2013-04-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.80 x5.90l,.70 | File type: PDF | 236 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| At times interesting|By Doug S.|The author has done considerable research but has difficulty organizing the fruits of his labor. Much of the book discusses the history of nineteenth century baseball. But Laing doesn't always link Fowler's story to this larger narrative. I recognize that the materials directly relating to Fowler's career are not extensive. But a chronology of F| |"A very well-researched book that will fill a significant gap." --Peter Morris, author of Game of Inches|About the Author|Jeffrey Michael Laing is a retired English teacher who has published many articles on arts and cultu

This is the biography of Bud Fowler (ne John Jackson), the first African American to play in organized baseball, and the longest tenured at the time that the color line was drawn. In addition to his professional playing career, which lasted more than 25 years, Fowler was a scout, organizer, owner, and promoter of touring black baseball clubs--including the legendary Page Fence Giants--in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Emphasizing the social and cultu...

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