Baseball's First Indian: Louis Sockalexis : Penobscot Legend, Cleveland Indian - Hardcover

Rice, Ed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559497386 ISBN 13: 9781559497381

Publisher: Tide-Mark Pr Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Traces the brief professional baseball career of Native American Louis Francis Sockalexis, discussing his childhood, the impact of alcoholism and racism on his career, and how he inspired the name of the Cleveland Indians.

About this title

About the Author:

In addition to teaching journalism and communication studies at the college level, Ed Rice has written theater criticism and arts commentary for the Portland (Maine) Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Times, and Maine Public Broadcasting System’s "Maine Things Considered." In February 2000, he wrote the biographical profile of Louis Sockalexis that appears annually in the Cleveland Indians Media Guide and on the team’s web site. He also spearheaded the nomination drive that led to the induction of both Louis and Andrew Sockalexis into the national American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in Lawrence, Kansas in April 2000. His nomination led to the induction of Andrew Sockalexis into the Maine Running Hall of Fame in 1990.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tide-Mark Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1559497386
• ISBN 13: 9781559497381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176