The American Indian integration of baseball / Jeffrey Powers-Beck ; with a foreword by Joseph B. Oxendine.

Author/creator Powers-Beck, Jeffrey P., 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxiii, 269 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Baseball--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
Indian baseball players--United States. --History.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Contents "Chief"--the American Indian integration of baseball -- Carlisle Indian Industrial School baseball -- The Nebraska Indians baseball team -- Bender, Meyers, and Thorpe in the big leagues -- The many trails of Louis Leroy -- George Howard Johnson's career in professional baseball -- The baseball legend of Moses Yellow Horse -- Epilogue: anti-Indian caricature in major league baseball.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-257) and index.
LCCN 2004007245
ISBN0803237456 (hardcover : alk. paper)