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'I Will Never Forget'

'I Will Never Forget'

Brent Kelley

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McFarland and Company, Inc.
Año de edición:
2010
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Historia
ISBN:
9780786446940
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This book continues the riches of two highly praised previous volumes, Voices from the Negro Leagues 'interesting...solid'--MultiCultural Review) and The Negro Leagues Revisited ('wonderful'--Booklist; 'voluminous...top-notch'--Public Library Quarterly). The players interviewed in this new book of interviews are Bill Bethea, John 'Scoop' Brown, Paul Casanova, Jim Colzie, Bunny Davis, Ross Davis, Clifford DuBose, Lionel Evelyn, Hubert Glenn, Herald 'Beebop' Gordon, Raymond Haggins, J.C. Hartman, Joe Henry, Carl Holden, Vernell Jackson, Clarence Jenkins, Ernest Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Marvin Jones, Ezell King, Willie Lee, Larry LeGrande, William Little, Nathaniel McClinic, John Mitchell, Grady Montgomery, Bob Motley, Charley Pride, Mack Pride, Bill 'Sonny' Randall, Henry Saverson, Eugene Scruggs, Willie Sheelor, Sam Taylor, Ron Teasley, James Way, Sam Williams, Walter Williams, and Willie Young. Photographs of the players and their teammates and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

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