The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes
This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.

Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O'Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

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The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes
This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.

Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O'Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.

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The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes

The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes

by Brent Kelley
The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes

The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes

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Overview

This is a followup volume to the acclaimed Voices from the Negro Leagues, (McFarland, 1998; softcover 2005) which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.

Interviewed in this new volume are Bobby Robinson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Lindsay, Pullman Porter, Earl Wilson, Sr., Percy Reed, Joe Burt Scott, Willie Simms, Bo Campbell, Big Train Dudley, Mex Johnson, Buck O'Neil, Herbert Barnhill, Bernard Fernandez, Dick Powell, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Biot, Monk Favors, Alton King, Buster Haywood, Casey Jones, Hickey Redd, Tommy Sampson, John Gibbons, Schoolboy Gulley, Schoolboy Kimbrough, Briefcase Simpson, Doc Dennis, Ralph Johnson, Lefty LaMarque, Junior Miller, Tex Williams, Baby Face Peatros, Big Jim McCurine, Eddie Williams, Zipper Zapp, Billy Fender, Dave Pope, Bill Powell, Marvin Price, Bob Scott, Dirk Gibbons, Hoss Ritchey, Lefty Bo Maddix, Hank Presswood, Mickey Stubblefield, Josh Gibson, Jr., Bobo Henderson, Fancy Dan Porter, Jumpin Johnny Wilson, Quack Brown, Granny Gladstone, Hoppy Hopkins, Carl Long, Jim Robinson, Juan Armenteros, Peanut Johnson, Eddie Reed, Ricky Maroto, Peachhead Mitchell, Ted Rasberry, Pedro Sierra, Jim Cobbin, Dick Scruggs, Sonny Webb and Tommy Taylor. Rare personal photographs and complete-as-possible statistics supplement the interviews.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786446957
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 04/08/2010
Series: Sport & Leisure/Baseball/Leagues Series
Pages: 399
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Brent Kelley, a retired equine veterinarian from Lexington, Kentucky, is the author of numerous McFarland baseball books.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

A Note on Statistics     
Introduction     

Part One: The 1920s and the 1930s     
William “Bobby” Robinson (1925)     
Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe (1926)     
William “Red” Lindsay (1931)     
Andy “Pullman” Porter (1932)     
Earl Wilson, Sr. (1934)     
Percy Reed (1935)     
Joe Burt Scott (1936)     
Willie Simms (1936)     
Jeff “Bo” Campbell (1937)     
James “Big Train” Dudley (1937)     
Byron “Mex” Johnson (1937)     
John “Buck” O’Neil (1937)     
Herbert Barnhill (1938)     
Bernard Fernandez (1938)     
Dick Powell (1938)     
William “Jimmy” Barnes (1939)     
Charlie Biot (1939)     
Thomas “Monk” Favors (1939)     
Alton King (1939)     
Albert “Buster” Haywood (1940)     
Clinton “Casey” Jones (1940)     
Ulysses “Hickey” Redd (1940)     
Tommy Sampson (1940)     

Part Two: The 1940s     
John Gibbons (1941)     
Napoleon “Schoolboy” Gulley (1941)     
Larry “Switch Player” Kimbrough (1941)     
Herb “Briefcase” Simpson (1941)     
Wesley Dennis (1942)     
Ralph “Big Cat” Johnson (1942)     
Jim “Lefty” LaMarque (1942)     
Ray “Junior” Miller (1942)     
Marvin “Tex” Williams (1943)     
Maurice Peatros (1944)     
Jim McCurine (1945)     
Eli “Eddie” Williams (1945)     
Jim “Zipper” Zapp (1945)     
Benny “Billy” Felder (1946)     
Dave Pope (1946)     
Bill Powell (1946)     
Marvin Price (1946)     
Bob Scott (1946)     
Walter “Dirk” Gibbons (1947)     
John “Hoss” Ritchey (1947)     
Raydell Maddix (1948)     
Hank Presswood (1948)     
Mickey Stubblefield (1948)     
Josh Gibson, Jr. (1949)     
Neale “Bobo” Henderson (1949)     
Merle Porter (1949)     
“Jumpin’ Johnny” Wilson (1949)     
Clifford Brown (1950)     
Granville “Granny” Gladstone (1950)     

Part Three: The 1950s and the 1960s     
Gordon “Hoppy” Hopkins (1952)     
Carl Long (1952)     
Jim Robinson (1952)     
Juan Armenteros (1953)     
Mamie “Peanut” Johnson (1953)     
Eddie Reed (1953)     
Enrique “Ricky” Maroto (1954)     
Bob “Peachhead” Mitchell (1954)     
Ted Rasberry (1954)     
Pedro Sierra (1954)     
Jim Cobbin (1956)     
Eugene “Dick” Scruggs (1956)     
William “Sonny” Webb (1958)     
Tommy Taylor (1959)     

Bibliography     
Index     
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