Preface
Part I: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
1. This Was Negro Baseball
2. Pioneers in Black and White
3. Early Black Professional Teams
4. Jim Crow Scores on the Squeeze Play

Part II. Way Down in Egypt Land
5. Giants in those DAys
6. The Black Wagner
7. The Negro Leagues
8. Rube from Texas
9. On the Field and Off
10. The Travelin' Man
11. Podunk Today, Hickory Switch Tomorrow
12. Josh
13. Freshening Winds of Freedom

Part III. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
14. Emancipation Proclamation
15. The Ninth Inning

Part IV. Of Those Who've Gone Before
16. Lost Legends

Epilogue
Appendix A League Standings Year by Year
Appendix B East-West All-Star Games
Appendix C All-Time Register of Players and Officials

About the Author

Robert W. Peterson is the author of Cages to Jump Shots (Oxford, 1990) and The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure. He has written for Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Magazine, Sport, Boys' Life, and many other magazines.

Reviews

"[A] thorough, well-documented book....A worthy and fascinating addition to anyone's baseball library."--The New York Times Book Review
"Peterson...[is] to be congratulated not only for an original subject but an excellent book for anyone who enjoys reading baseball history."--The Sporting News
"Filled with the fascination that comes from discovering an unknown, complex, forgotten continent."--Newsweek
"Fascinating....One of the truly important sociological contributions to the growing literature of baseball."--The Washington Post Book World
"Highly recommended."--Library Journal

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