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Money pitcher : Chief Bender and the tragedy of Indian assimilation / William C. Kashatus.
Van Pelt Library GV865.B36 K37 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kashatus, William C., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bender, Charles Albert, 1884-1954.
- Bender, Charles Albert.
- Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team).
- Baseball players--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)--Biography.
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
- Indians of North America.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Charles Albert Bender was one of baseball's most talented pitchers. By the end of his major league career in 1925, he had accrued 212 wins and more than 1,700 strikeouts, and in 1953, he became the first American Indian elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. But as a high-profile Chippewa Indian in a bigoted society, Bender knew firsthand the trauma of racism. In
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Mandowescence, 1884-1896
- Carlisle, 1896-1902
- Philadelphia, 1903-1905
- Chief, 1906-1909
- Dynasty, 1910-1914
- Corrupted World Series, 1914
- Feds, Phils, and Bushes, 1915-1930
- Mending fences, 1931-1954
- Legacy.
- Notes:
- "A Keystone book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271028629
- OCLC:
- 61864246
- Publisher Number:
- 9780271028620
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