Willie Mays: Art in the Outfield

by Mike Shannon

Lively and unusual art inspired by baseball's best all-around player. As much as any other sports figure, Willie Mays embodies the changes that racial integration brought to America's game fields and its larger culture in the mid-20th century. Playing baseball with grace, skill, flair, and obvious delight, Willie Mays broke color barriers for more than just himself. He combined the ability to stroke majestic home runs while with an equal ability to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817315403
• ISBN13: 9780817315405
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"