About the Author

William F. McNeil is a longtime baseball historian and the author of numerous books on the game. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he is the recipient of five Robert Peterson awards for increasing the public's awareness of the Negro Leagues. He lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[A] fine book...provocative...will enchant general readers interested in baseball history." —Choice"Fascinating." —Public Library Quarterly"A gem, a mother lode of material hitherto unavailable to baseball fans—not even on the Internet." —Nine"Includes full portraits of such legends as Saduharu Oh, Martin Dihigo and Hector Espino." —USA Today Sports Weekly