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Joe Jackson A Biography
Kelly Boyer Sagert
ISBN: 0-313-32961-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32961-6
216 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Shoeless Joe Jackson's rise from the cotton mills of the American South to the big cities of the North is a classic American tale of rags to riches. Born of sharecropping parents in South Carolina, Jackson's perfect swing and legendary fielding ability would make him a star in the Major Leagues. Unfortunately, Jackson's legend was interrupted by his alleged involvement in baseball's darkest chapter, the Black Sox Scandal of 1919, which ultimately banished him to participation in outlaw baseball leagues. Kelly Boyer Sagert recounts all phases in this legendary hitter's life—from mill worker to major league outfielder, to a central figure in a national scandal, and later, to his ventures as an entrepreneur and sometime ballplayer. In analyzing the life and surrounding cultural contexts of Jackson's time, the author examines how Shoeless Joe became the controversial but enduring legend that he is today. A timeline, bibliography, statistical appendix, and narrative chapter on the making of Jackson legend enhance this biography.

It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in professional sports. Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's selection for the twelve best hitters in Major League history, written by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
    Chronology of Joe Jackson's Life and Career
    Introduction
    Milltown Boy
    City of Brotherly Love
    Traded to Cleveland, 1910-1911
    Cleveland Naps, 1912-1914
    Changes in the Air, 1915-1917
    World Series and a War, 1917-1918
    Tangled Alliances
    Webs of Treachery
    Getting a Little "Jazz"
    Say It Ain't So, Joe!
    From Square Deal Verdict to Outlaw Ball
    Shadowed by Paradoxes
    Epilogue: Life's Legacy
    Appendix: Joe Jackson's Career and World Series Statistics
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: KELLY BOYER SAGERT is a freelance writer who has published biographical material with Gale, Scribner, Oxford, and Indiana University Press, focusing on athletes and historical figures. She is the author of Bout Boomerangs: America's Silent Sport, which has been published in 21 different countries.
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