Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

Description

Section of black and white photos. The book is American Sports History Series, No.1 and it tells the story of Effa Manley and sophisticated lady who owned an American baseball team, the Newark Eagles, in the 1930s and 1940s. Even more unusual for the times was that her team belonged to the Negro baseball leagues.

Note: Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust jacket is in good condition with some fading at spine. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing.