Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues Revised Edition Contributor(s): Robinson, Frazier (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815606583 ISBN-13: 9780815606581 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Told in a simple engaging voice Frazier "Slow" Robinson's memoir, is an honest and entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through the catcher's mask. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 890 |
Series: Sports and Entertainment |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.17" W x 8.51" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In a rare memoir about the Negro Leagues and its celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through a catcher's mask. In 1939, at the age of 29--after playing professional baseball for twelve years--Frazier career in Canada. While his career was a solid one, it was less spectacular than that of his friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, and so more typical of the experience of most Negro Leaguers. Richly embroidered with the threads of black society and of life as a black athlete in a racially divided nation, Robinson recounts his long career with the skill and ease of a natural storyteller. He covers, in remarkable detail, the personal perspective of the men, the teams, and the times that shaped this uniquely American subculture. From playing catcher for obscure industrial teams to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his nationwide path through the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and early '50s. The Foreword by John "Buck" O'Neil and Introduction by Gerald Early place Robinson squarely in the world of sports, African American culture, and American history. |