The bona fide legend of Cool Papa Bell : speed, grace, and the Negro Leagues
(2021)
By:
Wheeler, Lonnie
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.357092/WHEELER,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Abrams Press, 2021
DESCRIPTION
viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781419750489, 1419750488 :, 1419750488, 9781419750489
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Documents the life of the Negro League star and Hall of Famer, tracing Bell's sharecropping heritage, his extraordinary switch-hitting talents, and how Major League Baseball's racial barriers impacted his career