Pete Hill

Black Baseball's First Superstar
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8877-0
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker—only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League's Chicago-based American Giants, led two expansion teams and retired from the sport as manager of the Baltimore Black Sox. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of Hill recounts the career of a neglected Hall of Famer in the context of the turbulent issues that surrounded him—segregation, women's suffrage, Prohibition and the Spanish flu.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Badminton Baseball
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Luke is also the author of six books about baseball and race in America. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.