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Wheeler, Lonnie, author.

The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell : speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues / Lonnie Wheeler.

New York : Abrams Press, 2021.

viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Bell, Cool Papa, 1903-1991.

African American baseball players -- Biography.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Negro leagues -- History.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index.

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.

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