Pitching for the Stars: My Seasons Across the Color Line (Windword Books for Young Readers)

Craft, Jerry; Sullivan, Kathleen

ISBN 10: 0896727874 / ISBN 13: 9780896727878

Published by Texas Tech University Press First Edition, 2013

About this Item

Adapted for Young Reader from Our White Boy, The Memoir of the First White Athlete to Cross the Color Barrier in Texas Baseball. Jerry Craft's real-life journey with the Stars in 1959, comes alive. First Edition with all numbers from 1 to 9 present. This is NOT an ex-library copy and is Near Fine Condition. I have more than 260 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1715982263625

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pitching for the Stars: My Seasons Across the Color Line (Windword Books for Young Readers)
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press First Edition
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896727874
• ISBN 13: 9780896727878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • BLACK SPORTS AND THE NEGRO LEAGES

About this title

Synopsis

In early summer 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft was planning to stay home on the family ranch when Carl Sedberry, a semipro baseball manager, phoned, asking him to try out for his club. Craft had never heard of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars, but they needed a pitcher, and Craft was surprised and persuaded by their offer to pay $75 per game. Craft was in for an even bigger surprise when he reported to Spudder Park and realized that Mr. Sedberry was recruiting him for the West Texas Colored League. No one―least of all Craft―could know for sure what would happen when the League’s first white pitcher took the mound that summer day. But as Mr. Sedberry’s wisdom prevailed, the Stars and their white teammate pulled together to play a game they loved. Craft would pitch two seasons for the Stars. As they made history Craft and his teammates would learn much from Mr. Sedberry and each other about sports and life, and share experiences that would change them forever. Looking back on those years before the Civil Rights movement, when baseball was still very much a segregated game in a segregated society, Craft relates an unlikely story of respect, character, humor, and ultimately friendship.

About the Authors

Jerry Craft, rancher and former mayor of Jacksboro, Texas, was also a pioneer in the national cable television industry. He lives in Jacksboro and operates ranches in Texas and New Mexico.

Kathleen Sullivan has taught at Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Arlington. A member of the Sport Literature Association and the Society for American Baseball Research, she lives in Arlington, Texas.