THREE. A Return to the Midwest

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country 7
6. TWO. At the Top of His Game 20
7. THREE. A Return to the Midwest 32
8. FOUR. The Leland Giants 49
9. FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty 62
10. SIX. Another Championship 78
11. SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted 89
12. EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime 106
13. NINE. Rube Ball 120
14. TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community 126
15. ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball 141
16. TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball 158
17. THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy 174
18. FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown 184
19. NOTES 191
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 221
21. INDEX 225
22. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 232