Singled out : the true story of Glenn Burke

Author

Andrew Maraniss

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.