Jules Tygiel, a native of Brooklyn, is Professor of History at San Francisco State University and founder of the Pacific Ghost League. He is the author of The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties.
Rich, intelligent cultural history.... The effect of Mr. Tygiel's
lively narrative is to make us realize, or remind us in case we've
forgotten, what a remarkable impact Rickey's experiment had on
baseball.
*The New York Times*
Rich, intelligent cultural history.... The effect of Mr. Tygiel's
lively narrative is to make us realize, or remind us in case we've
forgotten, what a remarkable impact Rickey's experiment had on
baseball.
*The New York Times*
Not only is this a book that is long overdue, but it turns out to
be a book that is well worth the wait; it is comprehensive,
perceptive, balanced
*and into the bargain it is eminently readable.Washington Post Book
World*
Gives us the first in-depth, fully rounded picture of the
successful integration of major league baseball.
*The New Republic*
A thumpingly good baseball book.
*Chicago Sun-Times*
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