Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
by:
Howard Bryant (author)
With a new introduction by celebrated baseball writer Roger Kahn and a new afterword by the author, updating John Henry's first year of ownership after nearly six decades of the Yawkey dynasty, the legacy of the late Will McDonough, and the author's return to his native Boston after a...
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With a new introduction by celebrated baseball writer Roger Kahn and a new afterword by the author, updating John Henry's first year of ownership after nearly six decades of the Yawkey dynasty, the legacy of the late Will McDonough, and the author's return to his native Boston after a seventeen-year absence, Shut Out has reopened the discussion of baseball, race, and Boston with a new candor.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807009796 (0807009792)
Publish date: September 2nd 2003
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
A disappointing book. The writing is rambling and the examples don't support the author's desired end point.