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Book

The Page Fence Giants : a history of Black baseball's pioneering champions

Call Numbers

  • 796.35764 L9758 (CEN)
  • H 796.35764 L9758 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Physical Description

x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

"The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s. This book tells the the story of a long-ignored team at the close of the 19th century, whose Hall of Famer second baseman, Sol White, was only one of their best players"--

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