Pete Hill

Black Baseball's First Superstar

Bob Luke (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8877-0 (ISBN)

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Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of John Preston ‘Pete’ 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.

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.

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

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. From Buena, Virginia, to Philly
2. On the Way to Chicago
3. The Hills Arrive in Chicago
4. The Rambling Giants
5. Racial Conflict On and Off the Field
6. Riots and the Noble Experiment
7. The Spanish Flu
8. President Wilson and the Suffragists
9. Pete Hill on His Own
10. Finally: A League for Black Baseball
11. Year Two in Detroit
12. On to Baltimore
13. Pete's Final Moves
14. Hall of Fame
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	28 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-8877-X / 147668877X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8877-0 / 9781476688770
Zustand	Neuware