Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties

by George Gmelch

Book Overview

In 1965 George Gmelch signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization. Gmelch grew up sheltered in an all-white, affluent San Francisco suburb, and he knew little of the world outside. Over the next four seasons, he came of age in baseball's Minor Leagues through experiences ranging from learning the craft of the professional game to becoming conscious of race and class for the first time.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496219589
• ISBN13: 9781496219589
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"