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Book

Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke

Call Number

  • 921 B9593M TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.

Physical Description

308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Audience

Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.

Summary

"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"--

Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic. -- adapted from inside front jacket flap.

Notes

"The first openly gay MLB player and inventor of the high five"--Cover

Contents

  • Joy and pain
  • Top of the heap
  • Heart's desire
  • Bushrod king
  • Hot stuff
  • Money talks
  • God's gift to baseball
  • Truth or dare
  • Bad blood
  • Unforgettable
  • Living in a closet
  • Glistening
  • Cup of coffee
  • On fire
  • Open secret
  • Hands up
  • Big blue wrecking crew
  • Indecent proposal
  • Blackballed
  • Superfreaky
  • Signature moment
  • Unraveling
  • Disco inferno
  • Don't call it a comeback
  • Top dog
  • Russian river
  • Got to let it show
  • Ground Zero for the plague
  • The crushing blow
  • The terror of knowing
  • No burden is he
  • Monumental.

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