The Most Famous Woman in Baseball : Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luke, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American business enterprises.

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Manley, Effa, 1897-1981.

Negro leagues--History.

Newark Eagles (Baseball team)--History.

Women baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Negro leagues--Biography.

Negro leagues.

Baseball--United States--Biography.

Baseball.

Baseball team owners--United States.

Baseball team owners.

Women baseball team owners.

Newark Eagles (Baseball team).

Manley, Effa.

Local Subjects:

African American business enterprises.

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Manley, Effa, 1897-1981.

Negro leagues--History.

Newark Eagles (Baseball team)--History.

Women baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dulles, : Potomac Books Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The powerful woman who ran a baseball team and became a legend

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Lady Makes a Splash; 2 The Manleys Come to Baseball; 3 Abe Trades Brooklyn for Newark; 4 Effa Steps Up; 5 Effa Comes Into Her Own; 6 Fireworks; 7 Cobbling Together a Lineup; 8 War Comes to Newark; 9 The Eagles Adapt to the War; 10 Branch Rickey Drops the Color Bar; 11 A Reunited Team; 12 Striving for Respectability; 13 Effa's Life After the Eagles; Epilogue; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Suggested Readings; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781612341187

1612341187

OCLC:

755593684