Shadow ball
a novel of baseball and Chicago
Edición de la obra Shadow ball
| Autor | Peter M. Rutkoff |
|---|---|
| Editorial | McFarland |
| Fecha de publicación | 2001 |
| Lugar | Jefferson, N.C |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 228 |
| ISBN-10 | 0786409819 |
| OCLC | 45917121 |
| LCCN | 2001020239 |
| Número de Cutter | R977s |
"In the summer of 1919 three men (two white, one black) decide that the Chicago White Sox will be the first major league team in the twentieth century to sign a black player to a major league contract.". "Set before the broad shoulders of Chicago, Shadow Ball imagines a story involving Rube Foster, African American owner of the Chicago-American Giants; Charles Comiskey, the owner of the White Sox; and Sam Weiss, their silent go-between. Their plans are complicated by the eruption of the August 1919 race riot in Chicago, as seen and heard by Kid Douglas, a Mississippi blues singer newly arrived from the Delta. Blues, baseball, race relations, love, hope and despair ring loud in this tale."--BOOK JACKET.