Jerry Craft, Kathleen Sullivan

Pitching for the Stars

My Seasons Across the Color Line

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Produktbeschreibung

The author of the memoir Our White Boy tells his story for younger readers: in 1959 Carl Sedberry, team manager of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars successfully recruits their first white player, pitcher Jerry Craft. During the next two years, the team plays baseball together in the West Texas Colored League while listening to their manager's observations about sports and life, experiences that will change them forever.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Texas Tech University Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780896727878
• ISBN-10: 0896727874
• Artikelnr.: 36821038

Autorenporträt

Jerry Craft, rancher and former mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, was the first white man to play in the West Texas Colored League, during the summers of 1959 and 1960. A pioneer in the national cable television industry, he lives in Jacksboro and operates ranches in Texas and New Mexico. Kathleen Sullivan, who holds degrees from Baylor University and Arizona State University, has taught at Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Arlington. A member of the Sport Literature Association and the Society for American Baseball Research, she lives in Arlington, Texas