Jeffrey Powers-Beck ; with a foreword by Joseph B. Oxendine
Format
Books
Language
English
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004
Physical Details
1 online resource (xiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.)
OCLC
ocn402235580
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.
"Chief"--the American Indian integration of baseball -- Carlisle Indian Industrial School baseball -- The Nebraska Indians baseball team -- Bender, Meyers, and Thorpe in the big leagues -- The many trails of Louis Leroy -- George Howard Johnson's career in professional baseball -- The baseball legend of Moses Yellow Horse -- Epilogue: anti-Indian caricature in major league baseball