Our White Boy

by Jerry Craft

Book Overview

At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch--so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball club he'd never heard of came as a welcome surprise. But Craft was in for an even bigger surprise when he reported for tryout and discovered he'd been recruited for the West Texas Colored League. Wichita Falls/Graham Stars manager Carl Sedberry persuaded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896726746
• ISBN13: 9780896726741
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"