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Chief Bender's Burden : The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star

ISBN: 9780803214989 | 0803214987
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Pub. Date: 5/1/2010

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SummaryAuthor Biography
The greatest American Indian baseball player of all time, Charles Albert Bender was, according to a contemporary, "the coolest pitcher in the game." Using a trademark delivery, An impressive assortment of pitches that may have included the game's first slider, and an apparently unflappable demeanour, he earned a reputation as baseball's great clutch pitcher during tight Deadball Era pennant races and in front of boisterous World Series crowds. More remarkably yet, "Chief" Bender's Hall of Fame career unfolded in the face of enormous prejudice. ... MORE
Tom Swift is an award-winning author and journalist, and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He and his wife, Carrie, live in Northfield, Minnesota. Visit his Web site at Visit his Web site at www.chiefbendersburden.com.  


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