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Pitching for the Stars
Craft, Jerry; Sullivan, Dean Kathleen
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Description for Pitching for the Stars
"Adapted for young readers from "Our White Boy, "the memoir of the first white athlete to cross the color barrier in Texas baseball" Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
The author of the memoir Our White Boy tells his story for younger readers: in 1959 Carl Sedberry, team manager of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars successfully recruits their first white player, pitcher Jerry Craft. During the next two years, the team plays baseball together in the West Texas Colored League while listening to their manager’s observations about sports and life, experiences that will change them forever. Craft relates an unlikely story of respect, character, humor, and ultimately friendship with Mr. Sedberry and his boys as the teammates pulled together to succeed in a game they all loved.
The author of the memoir Our White Boy tells his story for younger readers: in 1959 Carl Sedberry, team manager of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars successfully recruits their first white player, pitcher Jerry Craft. During the next two years, the team plays baseball together in the West Texas Colored League while listening to their manager’s observations about sports and life, experiences that will change them forever. Craft relates an unlikely story of respect, character, humor, and ultimately friendship with Mr. Sedberry and his boys as the teammates pulled together to succeed in a game they all loved.
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896727878
SKU
V9780896727878
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-99
About Craft, Jerry; Sullivan, Dean Kathleen
Jerry Craft, rancher and former mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, was the first white man to play in the West Texas Colored League, during the summers of 1959 and 1960. A pioneer in the national cable television industry, he lives in Jacksboro and operates ranches in Texas and New Mexico. Kathleen Sullivan, who holds degrees from Baylor University and Arizona State ... Read more
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