| The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bruce, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700603433 ISBN-13: 9780700603435 Publisher: University Press of Kansas OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 796 |
| LCCN: 85008535 |
| Series: Champions of Black Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.08" W x 10.05" (0.79 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charter members of the Negro National League, stepping stone for Jackie Robinson, home base for Satchel Paige, and training ground for more than twenty blacks sent to the major leagues, the Kansas City Monarchs survived the entire thirty-five-year span of black baseball (from 1920 to mid 1950) and were widely regarded as the dominant black professional team, the New York Yankees of the Negro leagues. Rich in anecdote and illustrated with more than ninety photographs of Monarchs players and scenes, this book is both a tribute to and a celebration of the top all-black team of all time. |