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Southern League : a true story of baseball, civil rights, and the deep South's most compelling pennant race / Larry Colton.
Van Pelt Library GV875.B57 C65 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colton, Larry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birmingham Barons (Baseball team).
- Southern League (Baseball league : 1885-1899)--History.
- Southern League (Baseball league : 1885-1899).
- Minor league baseball--Alabama--Birmingham.
- Minor league baseball.
- Baseball--Alabama--Birmingham--History.
- Baseball.
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History.
- Discrimination in sports.
- History.
- United States.
- Alabama--Birmingham.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grand Central Pub., 2013.
- Summary:
- The story of Alabama's first-ever integrated sports team--the Barons of baseball's Southern League--tracing its 1964 season and the heat of Birmingham and its citizens during a tumultuous year.
- Contents:
- Part I Spring Training 9
- Part II Welcome to Bombingham 65
- Part III The Season: April 91
- Part IV The Season: May 123
- Part V The Season: June 157
- Part VI The Season: July 201
- Part VII The Season: August 245
- Part VIII The Season: September 273
- Part IX Extra Innings 291.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781455511884
- 1455511889
- OCLC:
- 806015357
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