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The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

ISBN: 9781597975469 | 159797546X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Pub. Date: 1/15/2011

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SummaryTable of Contents
Presents the fascinating life story of the only female Baseball Hall of Famer; Explores the difficulties of a woman fighting to run a baseball team in the era of Jim Crow; Gives an inside look into the Negro Leagues in the 1940s, at the dawn of baseball integration
The powerful woman who ran a baseball team and became a legend
Introductionp. ix
The Lady Makes a Splashp. 1
The Manleys Come to Baseballp. 9
Abe Trades Brooklyn for Newarkp. 17
Effa Steps Upp. 31
Effa Comes Into Her Ownp. 41
Fireworksp. 55
Cobbling Together a Lineupp. 69
War Comes to Newarkp. 81
The Eagles Adapt to the Warp. 95
Branch ... MOREp. 115
A Reunited Teamp. 121
Striving for Respectabilityp. 133
Effa's Life After the Eaglesp. 149
Epiloguep. 165
Appendixp. 169
Acknowledgmentsp. 173
Notesp. 175
Indexp. 213
Suggested Readingsp. 225
About the Authorp. 227
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