| Description |
1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Summary |
""In Bush League Boys sportswriter Toby Smith relies upon fascinating oral histories to recall the home runs, screen money, and dust storms that characterized the glory days of post-World War II baseball in the Southwest.""--Ron Briley, author of The Baseball Film in Postwar America: A Critical Study, 1948-1962. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Joe and Bob -- Voices -- Tom Jordan -- Jim Heller -- Chapter Two A Shot in the Dark -- Voices -- Joe Cammarata -- Paul Hinrichs -- Chapter Three Storm on the Way -- Voices -- Larry Kelcher -- Karen Bloodhart -- Chapter Four Base Brawls -- Voices -- Bob Lapham -- Len Santi -- Chapter Five Knights of the Keyboard -- Voices -- Ted Battles -- Tom Mee -- Chapter Six Invisible Men -- Voices -- Rigler Brothers -- Gig Brummell -- Carlton Hanta -- Chapter Seven The Worst Fear -- Voices -- Roy Woldt |
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Esteban Núñez -- Chapter Eight Diamond Ritual -- Voices -- Hank Paskiewicz -- Georgie Lutz -- Chapter Nine Beaning -- Voices -- Jim Waldrip -- Joseph Giel -- Chapter Ten Strike Three -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Minor league baseball -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
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Minor league baseball. |
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New Southwest. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Toby Bush League Boys : The Postwar Legends of Baseball in the American Southwest Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,c2014 9780826355218 |
| ISBN |
0826355226 |
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9780826355225 (electronic book) |
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