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books:

Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues

6 reviews
William Brashler

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2000

The Best Hitter of His Era
Beginning in 1930 with his debut with the Homestead Grays and extending through a career which featured several years with the Pittsburgh Crawfords and stints with various winter league teams in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, Josh Gibson was quite simply the greatest hitter of his era. While he is often referred to as the black Babe Ruth, the black press and fans of the Negro ...

The Chosen Prey

1 review
William Brashler

Dell Publishing, 1983

BLONDES BEWARE!
In CHOSEN PREY, average-looking Professor James Qatar appreciates the finer things that life offers, such as art, history, designer clothes, photography, and beautiful, blond women. Unfortunately, for most of the women with whom he becomes involved, his ultimate goal is to kill them. As woman after woman is reported missing in a large metropolitan area, and then one is found murdered, the police ...

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology (58)
James Brashler and William Brown (eds)

Union Theo Sem and Pres School of Chr Ed, 2004

approx 110 pages, various articles on Friendship

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A NOVEL

2 reviews
William Brashler

University of Illinois Press, 1993

The Soul Of Baseball...
there was never a dull moment reading this. inspired by countless tape recordings brashler made with cool papa bell and satchel paige, this books puts you into the lives of back baseball players in the 1930's as they travel through the midwest, often encountering prejudice, con-men, loneliness and self-doubt but sticking to their guns and rising about the drama. the language brashler uses to tell ...