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xxii, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Offers the first book-length history of the Texas Negro Leagues and the impact African-American Texans had on baseball during the first half of the twentieth century. Previously untold historical narrative contributes to sport history studies while asserting Texas's role in the formation, growth and decline of African-American baseball.
Life in the shadows -- The semiprofessional game : the roots of Black baseball -- Andrew "Rube" Foster : the father of the Negro Leagues -- Smokey Joe, Biz, and the Devil : Black Texans who shaped the game -- The Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League : professional Black baseball comes to Texas -- The beginning of the end : the decline of the semiprofessional game -- The Houston Eagles and the end of Negro League baseball -- The lasting legacy -- Appendix: Negro League veterans who played in Texas.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-154) and index.