Rube Foster in His Time: On the Field and in the Papers with Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary

by Larry Lester

Although Andrew "Rube" Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season. In addition to founding this groundbreaking black-owned and -operated business, Foster also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786439270
• ISBN13: 9780786439270
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher