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Negro league baseball photographs, Ernest C. Withers ; essay by Daniel Wolff ; introduction by Willie Mays ; interview by Bill Chapman ; edited by Antony Decaneas
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GV 863 .T2 M4629 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Negro leagues--Tennessee--Memphis--Pictorial works.
- Negro leagues.
- Negro leagues--Tennessee--Memphis--History.
- Baseball--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century.
- Baseball.
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.
- Withers, Ernest C.
- Physical Description:
- 191 p. : ill.; 26 x 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2004.
- Summary:
- A prominent African American photographer presents a visual history of the Negro Leagues, with photos taken from when he was the unofficial team photographer for the Memphis Red Sox, documenting both the years of Negor baseball's integration and the communities in which the games were played, and featuring duotone plates of such legends as Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0810955857 (hardcover)
- 9780810955851 (hardcover)
- OCLC:
- 54776122
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