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The Curt Flood story : the man behind the myth / Stuart L. Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Stuart L.
- Series:
- Sports and American culture series.
- Sports and American culture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- African American baseball players--Biography.
- African American baseball players.
- Flood, Curt, 1938-1997.
- Flood, Curt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines Curt Flood's often troubled personal life and explores his possible motives for suing Major League Baseball in 1970. For challenging baseball's reserve system, which he likened to bondage, the St. Louis Cardinals center fielder in time was lionized. But this recognition came at great personal expense"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- It takes a village
- Alone among the peckerwoods
- A minor in the majors
- The (almost) golden years
- A gold glove is tarnished
- The ultimatum
- The trade
- Trials and tribulations
- Second chance
- Last act.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826265982
- 0826265987
- OCLC:
- 613401819
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