Willie Wells : : El Diablo of the Negro Leagues /

Willie Wells : : El Diablo of the Negro Leagues / / Bob Luke.

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Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation. As Monte Irvin, a teammate and fellow Hall of Fame player, writes in his foreword, "Wells really could do it all. He was one of the slickest fielding shortstops ever to come along. He had speed on the bases. He hit with power and c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Luke, Bob,
MitwirkendeR:
Irvin, Monte,
TeilnehmendeR:
Irvin, Monte.
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2007
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. Talking with John Graves
  • The Writer John Graves Symposium
  • An Interview with John Graves
  • PART TWO. Friends
  • John
  • John Graves: A Tribute
  • John Graves Tribute, November 11, 2000
  • John Graves: From Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas Family
  • Texas Past, Texas Present
  • The Golden Age of John Graves
  • PART THREE. Works
  • Haunted Landscapes: The Ecology of Story in John Graves’ Texas
  • Goodbye to a River and American: Environmental Literature
  • Two Approaches to Ecology and Gender in Goodbye to a River
  • Boys’ Stories: Beverly Lowry, John Graves, and the (Male) Texas Literary Tradition in The Perfect Sonya
  • Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves
  • Brazos Bildungsroman: John Graves and Texas in Transition in Goodbye to a River
  • Contested Landscapes: John Graves’ Meditations on Hard Scrabble Texas History and Ecosystems
  • Kindred Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One He Could Pick It
  • Two I Never Went for Anything Crooked
  • Three Family
  • Four Leaving Home to Play Ball
  • Five The “Devil”
  • Six You Had to Do All Kinds of Things
  • Seven They Treat Me Like a Man
  • Eight My Contract Said “Ballplayer”
  • Nine We’ll Talk
  • Ten He Has Slowed Up Afield
  • Eleven A Mind-Set Put to Rest
  • Twelve Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials?
  • Thirteen Tradition Meets Fair Play
  • Fourteen Why in Hell?
  • Fifteen The “Devil” Is In
  • Sixteen Righting a Wrong
  • Seventeen “Baseball Is a Beautiful Game
  • Notes
  • Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives
  • Index

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