Black Cowboys of Rodeo
There was a struggle for racial equality in the cowboy circuit along with human rights issues and social injustice.
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The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
The Wax Pack Book Review The Wax Pack by Brad Balukjian is a 280 page book that was published by the University of Nebraska Press as he seeks to go on the road to interview those players found in a old pack of Topps baseball cards. He attempted to locate each of the players in…
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Jocks A Memoir by Burt Golden
Jocks by Burt Golden Jocks is the true meaning of “Alls Well that Ends Well” – William Shakespeare “Jocks” is an interesting story which chronicles he life of East Los Angeles resident, Burt Golden. At the time we know him in the book, all he wants to do is play baseball. It becomes his great…
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
What a great idea for a book. If you like any baseball history, this one will interest you. Author Tyler Kepner details ten pitches, the fastball, slider, curveball, knuckleball, splitter, screwball, sinker, changeup, spitball and cutter. With each of those pitches he talks about where they may have originated and he were some of the…
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On The Sidelines
” On the Sidelines”by Guy Harrison Foreword by Julie DiCaro This book and its content is badly needed in this society today. After tons of hard work over the years, women in the work place have take many jabs about what their role is expected to be. That at least is a male view. Now…
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Whitaker Family Brood
Edith Eugenia (Whitaker) Meeker was born in 1900 and attended school in the Manito/Forest City area. She married Sam Meeker October 6, 1920. She supported her husband in his farming endeavor and was a loving and devoted wife and mother.
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“1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK”
The primary source of entertainment came from the fact that it was led by a handsome president and a young attractive First Lady in John and Jacqueline Kennedy and their illusion of Camelot.
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Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood
This book by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan is a delightful book and an incredibly detailed book. The title gives you a hint of one thing throughout the career of Dave Parker and that is “brotherhood” was an important element of his success in baseball. The book starts with a glimpse into the life of…
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The Great Football Conspiracy – Review
One thing is for sure. Author Jonathan Last knows how to put a sentence together that is clear and concise.
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The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball
Have you ever heard baseball announcers or taking heads say they are playing it by the book? The Book by Tom Tango, Michael Lichtman and Andrew Dolphin will give insight into those details. Also, the book is an extension of Bill James Baseball Abstract and goes further with understanding of the revolution the the game…