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Elston and me : the story of the first black Yankee / Arlene Howard with Ralph Wimbish.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howard, Arlene.
- 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.
- Baseball players' spouses--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players' spouses.
- New York Yankees (Baseball team)--History.
- New York Yankees (Baseball team).
- Howard, Elston, 1929-1980.
- Howard, Elston.
- Howard, Arlene.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors recall the life of the first Black to play baseball for New York Yankees.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- ForewoRd
- Preface
- Introduction
- Compton Hill
- Emmaline's Son
- Kansas City
- The Wedding
- The White Yankees
- The Rookie
- The Bronx, 1956
- Casey's Machine
- A New Ball Game
- Baseball's Best Catcher
- Teaneck
- MVP
- Elston Howard Night
- The Elbow
- The Impossible Dream
- Retirement
- Good-bye, Jackie
- Ready to Manage
- Elston Jr.
- Yankee Class
- Farewell
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6350-X
- OCLC:
- 613388666
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