Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues Hardcover - 1999
by Frazier Robinson
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In a rare memoir about the Negro Leagues and its celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through a catcher's mask. In 1939, at the age of 29 - after playing professional baseball for twelve years - Frazier Robinson caught for the legendary Satchel Paige in barnstorming games from New Orleans to Walla Walla. Robinson played several more seasons in the Negro Leagues before finishing his career in Canada. While his career was a solid one, it was less spectacular than that of his friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, and so more typical of the experience of most Negro Leaguers. Robinson covers, in remarkable detail, the personal perspective of the men, the teams, and the times that shaped this uniquely American subculture. From playing catcher for obscure industrial teams to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his nationwide path through the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and early 50s.
Details
- Title Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
- Author Frazier Robinson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Syracuse University Press, Syracuse
- Date March 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780815605638 / 0815605633
- Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.85 x 6.53 x 0.95 in (22.48 x 16.59 x 2.41 cm)
- Reading level 890
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, Negro leagues - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-51650
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/1999, Page 62
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/1999, Page 520
- New York Times, 05/30/1999, Page 17
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