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An account of the life, career, and final downhill years of the man who was called "the black Babe Ruth," and who died, at thirty-five, during the winter after Jackie Robinson broke the minor league color barrier.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Ivan R. Dee, Publisher · 216 pages · 9781566632959
- Other · English · 1978Harper & Row · 201 pages · 9780060104467
Baseball playersNegro leaguesBiographyGibson, josh, 1911-1947