Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Wheeler, Lonnie, author. Title: The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell : speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues / Lonnie Wheeler. Publisher, Date: New York : Abrams Press, 2021. Description: viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Documents the life of the Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and how Major League Baseball's racial barriers impacted his career. Subjects: Bell, Cool Papa, 1903-1991. African American baseball players -- Biography. Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. Negro leagues -- History. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index. Contents: Author's note -- Prologue: Looking over Jordan -- Jamie Nichols -- The slaughterhouse -- Tricky ball -- The Turkey Stearnes effect -- The stars come out -- Willie's girl -- We'll always have Cuba -- Lighting up big leaguers -- "The greatest negro baseball team ever seen" -- Mutiny -- Beholding Josh Gibson -- See you in Chicago -- Snookering Satchel -- The quintessential Crawfords -- Limbo -- The dictator's campaign for reelection -- Railroad tracks in the outfield -- The land of opportunity -- Fishing on the fourth of July -- Slugger in a straitjacket -- Ground balls to Jackie's backhand -- Stepping aside -- A basket of fruit -- Obscurity -- The call that changed everything -- Cool Papa Bell Avenue -- Epilogue. ISBN: 9781419750489 1419750488 9781419750489 1419750488 Other Number: 1233180811 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 896598 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Bell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
