The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell [electronic resource] : speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues / Lonnie Wheeler.

Documents the life of the Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and how Major League Baseball's racial barriers impacted his career.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wheeler, Lonnie (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Bell, Cool Papa, > 1903-1991.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Negro leagues > History.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2021 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2021 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Author's note
  • Prologue: Looking over Jordan
  • Jamie Nichols
  • The slaughterhouse
  • Tricky ball
  • The Turkey Stearnes effect
  • The stars come out
  • Willie's girl
  • We'll always have Cuba
  • Lighting up big leaguers
  • "The greatest negro baseball team ever seen"
  • Mutiny
  • Beholding Josh Gibson
  • See you in Chicago
  • Snookering Satchel
  • The quintessential Crawfords
  • Limbo
  • The dictator's campaign for reelection
  • Railroad tracks in the outfield
  • The land of opportunity
  • Fishing on the fourth of July
  • Slugger in a straitjacket
  • Ground balls to Jackie's backhand
  • Stepping aside
  • A basket of fruit
  • Obscurity
  • The call that changed everything
  • Cool Papa Bell Avenue
  • Epilogue.