The Newark Eagles Take Flight: The Story of the 1946 Negro League Champions

Bys: Frederick C. Bush, Leslie Heaphy, Margaret M. Gripshover, et al.

The Newark Eagles won only one Negro National League pennant during the franchise's 15-year tenure in the Garden State, but the 1946 squad that ran away with the NNL and then triumphed over the Kansas City Monarchs in a seven-game World Series was a team for the ages. World War II had ended, and numerous players who had served in the military returned to resume their playing careers with the Eagles. The returning veterans composed a veritable "Who's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1970159073
• ISBN13: 9781970159073
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"