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Brent Kelley
The author shares stories, knowledge and discoveries gained over 30 years of caring for horses. Veterinary advice is mixed with stories of a vet’s life to produce a book which…
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The ‘bonus rule’ of 1953-1957 required baseball players who signed a contract for more than $4,000 to remain on the major league roster for two full seasons. Kelley tells the…
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The 1940s were years of change in the world of baseball. This work focuses on 27 players of the 1940s, men - like Gene Thompson, Elmer Valo, Damon Phillips, Joe…
The San Francisco Seals were arguably the most successful minor league franchise ever. They held the attendance record through to the 1980s. They were Joe DiMaggio’s first team. This volume…
In this work, 52 players reminisce about what it was like to play in the Negro Leagues, from the great teams and players to the terrible Jim Crow conditions they…
Containing twenty-four interviews, this volume focuses on players signed under the bonus rule of 1953-1957. It explores the lives and careers of the bonus babies with emphasis on their early…
Includes interviews of such players as Bill Bethea, John ‘Scoop’ Brown, Paul Casanova, Jim Colzie, Bunny Davis, Ross Davis, Clifford DuBose, Lionel Evelyn, Hubert Glenn, Herald ‘Beebop’ Gordon, Raymond Haggins…
A followup volume to the Voices from the Negro Leagues , which features interviews with 52 former Negro League players from the 1920s to 1960s.
J W Kelley
The 29th of February was cold, unpleasant, and steeped in fog from the persistent rain… rather typical for Portland, Oregon. Two women, who are neighbors, go into labor at precisely…
Brent L Willis,Ross B Talbot,Samuel C Kelley, Jr
In the 1950s, North Dakota experienced its first oil boom in the Williston Basin, on the western side of the state. The region experienced unprecedented social and economic changes, which…
