The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / Robert Charles Cottrell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2001], ©2001.
Subjects:	Foster, Rube, > 1879-1930. Baseball players > United States > Biography. African American baseball players > Biography. Baseball team owners > United States > Biography. Negro leagues > History. Foster, Rube.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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