Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend

by John Klima

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The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games. But before Mays was...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0470400137

ISBN13:9780470400135

Release Date:August 2009

Publisher:Trade Paper Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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African-American Studies Baseball Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Specific Demographics Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation State & Local

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