Chief Bender's burden : the silent struggle of a baseball star / Tom Swift.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

Baseball players.

Indian baseball players--United States--Biography.

Indian baseball players.

Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)--Biography.

Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team).

Bender, Charles Albert, 1884-1954.

Bender, Charles Albert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's feel for storytelling, Tom Swift takes readers on Bender's improbable journey-from his early years on the White Earth Reservation, to his development at the Carlisle Indian School, to his big break and eventual rise to the pinnacle of baseball. The story of a paradoxical American sports hero, one who achieved a once-unfathomable celebrity while suffering the harsh injustices of a racially intolerant world, Chief Bender's Burden is an eye-opening and inspiring narrative of a unique American life.

Contents:

Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Chapter Twenty-Five; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-21342-X

9786611213428

0-8032-4322-7

OCLC:

437200619