Jules Tygiel's biography of Ronald Reagan engages students with the compelling story of the man who went from Hollywood actor to President of the United States. This balanced profile considers both the accomplishments and failures of Reagan's presidency, as well as the contested legacy of his political career even after his death. Incorporating ...
"Baseball's Great Experiment" tells the story of one of the most explosive and far-reaching episodes in American sports history--Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier in 1946--and traces the entire, painfully slow process of desegregation.
In these nine essays on baseball, a professor writes on changes in the game over the years--and includes essays on Branch Rickey and Larry McPhail, and on the decision of the Boston Braves to move to Milwaukee in 1953.
This is the product of lengthy research on the history of African Americans in baseball. It is commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball. With player profiles, game accounts, rich cultural history, a unique statistical component, and wonderful archival photographs, the book makes clear the ...
In Los Angeles in the 1920s, C.C. Julian and the Julian Petroleum Corporation were household words, and the Julian Pete swindle ranked with Teapot Dome as one of the great scandals of the era. It symbolized not merely what FDR would call "a decade of debauchery of group selfishness", but the failed hopes and dreams of the great boom of the 1920s. ...
This work exposes the schemes of C.C. Julian and his Julian Petroleum Corporation, known familiarly to thousands of Los Angeles residents as Julian Pete. The swindle ranked with Teapot Dome as one of the great scandals of the era and symbolized the failure of `20s boosterism and speculation.
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