| By William Brashler.
Urbana & Chicago, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press. 1st printing 1993. 1st Edition thus. Copyright 1973, 1993 by the author. P 5 4 3 2 1 on copyright page. (vi)+vii-xxxiii+1-244 pp. Approx. 5 1/4" by 8 1/8" paperback. Cover photo from the 1976 movie shows Billy Dee Williams. This edition includes a new preface by the author and an introduction by Peter Bjarkman. |
| Fine Condition, square, no spine creases, white pages, glossy covers. There are NO names or store stamps on the book. See scan which is extra large to allow you to see condition details. |
| A classic of baseball fiction, this is the story of a black barnstorming ball club in 1939, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s unofficial color barrier. Made into a popular film in 1976, it starred James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor. |