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03369aam a2200601 i 4500 001 DA8642A4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 171208s2018 mdua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2017043270 020 $a 1538107902 020 $a 9781538107904 035 $a (OCoLC)1005695117 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d TCH $d OCLCO $d IMD $d IGA $d YUS $d S#L $d VKC $d OCLCO $d AZU $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV865.W46 $b A3 2018 082 00 $a 796.357092 $2 23 100 1 $a White, Gaylon H., $d 1946- $e author. 245 10 $a Singles and smiles : $b how Artie Wilson broke baseball's color barrier / $c Gaylon H. White. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2018] 300 $a xxxvi, 233 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Just like Jackie -- Let's play ball! -- "Leave the bus here!" -- The battle for Art Wilson -- Toiling on Tribe plantation -- A mighty oak grows in Oakland -- Caught in the middle -- Trading places -- Li'l Arthur reigns in Seattle -- Prejudice in Portland -- Say hey, it's Mr. Hey Hey! -- The comeback -- Talking baseball (selling cars) -- The ballplayer, the boy, and the cigar -- The last .400 hitter -- Extra innings : a lot of history. 520 $a Examines the life of African American baseball player Artie Wilson, once known as the best short stop in baseball, covering how he broke baseball's racist color barrier in his day just like Jackie Robinson to become the first black player to play for the Oakland Oaks, a team in the minor league, and then in the majors with the New York Giants in 1951. 600 10 $a Wilson, Artie. 600 17 $a Wilson, Artie. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00114003 650 0 $a Baseball players $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American baseball players $v Biography. 650 0 $a Negro leagues $x History. 650 0 $a Discrimination in sports $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 6 $a Joueurs de base-ball $z EÌtats-Unis $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Joueurs de base-ball noirs ameÌricains $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Discrimination dans les sports $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a African American baseball players. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799042 650 7 $a Baseball players. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00828007 650 7 $a Discrimination in sports. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895130 650 7 $a Negro leagues. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01035591 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a collective biographies. $2 aat 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a White, Gaylon H., 1946- $t Singles and smiles. $d Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] $z 9781538107911 $w (DLC) 2017059353 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724074049.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA8642A4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search