01495cam a2200313 4500 607497566 TxAuBib 20100907120000.0 091103s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009044286 9780896727014 hardcover : alk. paper $26.95 0896727017 hardcover : alk. paper $26.95 (OCoLC)463854777 DLC DLC C#P TxAuBib Fink, Rob, (Robert.) Playing in shadows : Texas and Negro league baseball / Rob Fink ; foreword by Cary D. Wintz. Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, 2010. xxii, 165 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Sport in the American West Includes bibliographical references and index. "Offers the first book-length history of the Texas Negro Leagues and the impact African American Texans had on baseball during the first half of the twentieth century. Previously untold historical narrative contributes to sport history studies while asserting Texas's role in the formation, growth, and decline of African American baseball"--Provided by publisher. 20100907. Negro leagues Texas History. Baseball Texas History. Baseball players Texas History. African American baseball players Texas History. Sport in the American West. TXMIT