Books like A Well-Paid Slave by Brad Snyder

Joe Posnanski chronicles a year of baseball, travel, and life lessons with 94‑year‑old legend Buck O’Neil, celebrating the sport’s soul and the enduring love that keeps it alive.

An authoritative biography that reexamines the legendary yet controversial Detroit Tigers star, Ty Cobb, tracing his rise to baseball immortality, his complex personality, and the myths that have shaped his legacy.

"An extraordinary book . . . invitingly written and brisk." --Chicago Tribune "Perhaps no one has ever told the tale [of Robinson's arrival in the major leagues] so well as [Simon] does in this extended essay." --The Washington Post Book World "Scott Simon tells a compelling story of risk and sacrifice, profound ugliness and profound grace, defiance and almost unimaginable courage. This is a meticulously researched, insightful, beautifully written book, one that should be read, reread, and remembered." --Laura Hillenbrand, author of the New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit The integration of baseball in 1947 had undeniable significance for the civil rights movement and American history. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, a barrier that had once been believed to be permanent was shattered--paving the way for scores of African Americans who wanted nothing more than to be granted the same r...

"This is the biography of Bud Fowler (né John Jackson), the first African American to play in organized baseball, and the longest tenured at the time that the color line was drawn"--Provided by publisher.

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.610L Lexile; 610L Lexile

This book is the first definitive biography of Henry Aaron -- baseball's great home-run champion and one of its most enduring legends. As the steroid controversy has increasingly tarnished baseball's image, Hank Aaron's achievements have come to seem all the more remarkable: the first player to pass Babe Ruth in home runs, Aaron held that record for thirty-three years while shattering other records (RBIs, total bases, extra-base hits) and setting new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times). But his achievements run much deeper than his stats. Chronicling the social upheavals of the years during which Aaron played (1954 to 1976), Howard Bryant shows us how the dignity and determination with which he stood against racism on and off the field, and as one of the first blacks in baseball's upper management, helped transform the role and significance of the professional black athlete and turn Aaron into an national icon. - Publisher.

Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.