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Author : William Brashler
Release : 2000
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 959/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Josh Gibson by : William Brashler
Download or read book Josh Gibson written by William Brashler. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illuminating biography introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style.
Author : Angela Johnson
Release : 2007-01-09
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 28X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Just Like Josh Gibson by : Angela Johnson
Download or read book Just Like Josh Gibson written by Angela Johnson. This book was released on 2007-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story goes... Grandmama could hit the ball a mile, catch anything that was thrown, and do everything else -- just like Josh Gibson. But unfortunately, no matter how well a girl growing up in the 1940s played the game of baseball, she would have faced tremendous challenges. These challenges are not unlike those met by the legendary Josh Gibson, arguably the best Negro-League player to never make it into the majors. In a poignant tribute to anyone who's had a dream deferred, two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and celebrated artist Beth Peck offer up this reminder -- that the small steps made by each of us inspire us all.
Author : Mark Ribowsky
Release : 2004-10-06
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 820/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Josh Gibson by : Mark Ribowsky
Download or read book Josh Gibson written by Mark Ribowsky. This book was released on 2004-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is said that Josh Gibson is the only man ever to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. All agreed he was a frightening hitter to face. What Satchel Paige was to pitching in the Negro leagues, Gibson was to hitting: their greatest star, biggest gate attraction, and most important symbol. Though Gibson is best remembered as "the black Babe Ruth," Ruth became a beloved symbol of the national pastime, while Gibson lived a life veiled in the darkness that came both from the shadow world of the Negro leagues and from within his own tortured soul. Mark Ribowsky, the widely acclaimed biographer of Satchel Paige, pulls no punches in his portrait of this magnificent, troubled athlete. This is the most complete, thorough, and authoritative account of the life of black ball's greatest hitter, and one of its most important stars.
Author : Nanette Mellage
Release : 2001
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 090/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Coming Home by : Nanette Mellage
Download or read book Coming Home written by Nanette Mellage. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The baseball feats of Josh Gibson remain largely unknown because he played at a time when baseball was segregated by race.
Author : Mark Ribowsky
Release : 1996
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Power and the Darkness by : Mark Ribowsky
Download or read book The Power and the Darkness written by Mark Ribowsky. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's a distinct sound that results from a great hitter making pure contact with a baseball, a thunder-clap of power that lesser hitters can only aspire to. Before his first exposure to Josh Gibson, long-time Negro leagues all-star Buck O'Neil had heard the sound just once, coming from the bat of Babe Ruth. It is as "the black Babe Ruth" that Gibson is best remembered, but while Ruth invited the adoration of millions with his easy smile, becoming a beloved symbol of the national pastime, Gibson lived his life bathed in the darkness that came both from the shadow world of the Negro leagues and from within his own tortured soul." "The legends that grew up around Gibson are legion. It is said that he is the only man to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. He was a fightening hitter to face, and in addition he played the most demanding position on the field, donning the mask, chest protector, and shin guards - the so-called tools of ignorance - required to play catcher, the defensive team's true leader and quarterback. What Satchel Paige was to pitching in the Negro leagues, Gibson was to hitting: their greatest star, biggest gate attraction, and most important symbol." "But while Satchel Paige was not just a pitcher but an entertainer, mindful of the need to please the crowd and always ready to join what he called "the social ramble," Gibson was a harder man, a victim of a harder life. Forever haunted by the death in childbirth of the woman he loved, he destroyed his body through drink and drugs even as he kept launching tape-measure home runs into the far reaches of the bleachers. Even at his peak, it was not unusual for him to spend part of a season in a hospital, drying out or under sedation for his violent rages. If Satchel Paige is baseball's Louis Armstrong, belatedly loved as an accommodating caricature that belies the greatness of his accomplishments, Josh Gibson is its Charlie Parker, a genius dead too soon in a body that bore the consequences of the life he led."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
