Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert
Subtitle: the wild saga of interracial baseball before Jackie Robinson
By: Timothy M. Gay
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781416547983; 9781439176313
Description: Based on new research, this is the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller, and barnstorming introduced integrated baseball to America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: May 1942; title: Interracial barnstorming before Satch; title: Satch hits the Chitlin' Circuit; title: The lean one meets the Dizzy one; title: "Plenty Dizzy" : Diz, Daffy, and Satch in 1934; title: Encore : Diz, Daffy, and Satch do it again; title: Go West, young men; title: Rapid Robert meets Satch; title: Bobby and Satch hit the hustings; title: Black-white ball goes to war; title: Feller and Satch celebrate V-J Day; title: Going airborne : the Feller-Paige '46 tour; title: Bobby and Satch's (almost) farewell tour; title: Satch becomes a rookie.