Ribowsky Mark Ribowsky

Josh Gibson (eBook, ePUB)

The Power and the Darkness

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Produktbeschreibung

It is said that Josh Gibson is the only man ever to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. All agreed he was a frightening hitter to face. What Satchel Paige was to pitching in the Negro leagues, Gibson was to hitting: their greatest star, biggest gate attraction, and most important symbol. Though Gibson is best remembered as "e;the black Babe Ruth,"e; Ruth became a beloved symbol of the national pastime, while Gibson lived a life veiled in the darkness that came both from the shadow world of the Negro leagues and from within his own tortured soul. Mark Ribowsky, the widely acclaimed biographer of Satchel Paige, pulls no punches in his portrait of this magnificent, troubled athlete. This is the most complete, thorough, and authoritative account of the life of black ball's greatest hitter, and one of its most important stars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252095825
• Artikelnr.: 72472529

Autorenporträt

Mark Ribowsky is the author of several highly regarded books, including Don't Look Back, on Satchel Paige, and A Complete History of the Negro Leagues, 1884-1955.  

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Man
2. Prelude to Professionalism
3. Gray and Blue
4. Home Run: Gibson
5. The Revenge of Big Red
6. Satch and Josh
7. Seasons End-to-End
8. A Player
9. Bronzed Bambino
10. A Complex Temperament
11. A Martyr to the Cause
Illustrations
12. A Household Word
13. Gone South
14. Josh Versus Satch
15. Tomorrow May Not Come
16. Last Call
17. Legacy
Index