Books written by Bob Luke

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  Willie Wells

  7 One such fella was Lennie “Hoss” Pearson, who was born in Akron, Ohio. He played and managed from 1937 to 1950, playing with the Newark Eagles from 1937 to 1948. In his autobiography, Monte Irvin tells of the time the Eagles were ...

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  The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

  The State Department's response was not documented, but Pearson did not go south. Effa said she “was willing and able to talk him out of it.”16 Why Effa singled Pearson out for special attention and what inducements, if any, ...

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  The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball

  For biographical information on players see James A. Riley's mammoth The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (New York: Carroll & Graf, 1994). For comprehensive statistics by team, season, and player see Dick Clarke ...

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  Soldiering for Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops

  The story of an enormous step forward in both the struggle for black freedom and the defeat of the Confederacy: turning former enslaved men into Union soldiers.

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  Soldiering For Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops

  John Cimprich and Robert C. Mainfort Jr., eds., “Fort Pillow Revisited: New Evidence About an Old Controversy,” Civil War History 28 (Dec. 1982): 294, quoted in John Cimprich, “The Fort Pillow Massacre: Assessing the Evidence,” in Black ...

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  Bromo-Seltzer King: The Opulent Life of Captain Isaac "Ike" Emerson, 1859-1931

  Baker stayed in Washington.37 Whatever Margaret's reasons for visiting Paris, speculation about her motives was not unfounded. From 1920–1927, American couples could obtain a divorce in Paris more easily, with less publicity, ...

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  Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore

  Drawing on primary sources and interviews with former executives, players and sportswriters, this book tells the story of the integration of the Orioles.

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  Dean of Umpires: A Biography of Bill McGowan, 1896-1954

  With research including interviews with former players as well as family members, the work provides a wealth of anecdotes and insights into his profession. The textbook McGowan wrote for his students is included as an appendix.

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  Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore

  John Eisenberg, From 33rd Street to Camden Yards: An Oral History of the Baltimore Orioles (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), 61. 103. Doug Wilson, Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson (New York: St. Martin's, 2014), 47. 104.

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  Pete Hill: Black Baseball's First Superstar

  ... Blackball Stars: Negro League Pioneers (Westport, CT: Meckler, 1988), 65; Riley, Encyclopedia, 85. 13. McNeil, Winter League, 35–38. 14. L.W. Washington, “Banquet and Reception for Rube Foter and His Amer- ican Giants at Odd Fellows ...