Josh Gibson: The Power and the Darkness - Tapa blanda

Ribowsky, Mark

 
9780252072246: Josh Gibson: The Power and the Darkness
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ISBN 10: 0252072243 ISBN 13: 9780252072246
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2004

Sinopsis

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 "the black Babe Ruth," 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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Acerca del autor

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.

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252072243
ISBN 13 
9780252072246
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
336
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