Willie S Boys

Author : John Klima
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780470485224

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Willie's Boys by John Klima Pdf

The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games. But before Mays was the "Say Hey Kid", he was just a boy. Willie's Boys is the story of his remarkable 1948 rookie season with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, who took a risk on a raw but gifted 16-year-old and gave him the experience, confidence, and connections to escape Birmingham's segregation, navigate baseball's institutional racism, and sign with the New York Giants. Willie's Boys offers a character-rich narrative of the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of savvy veterans who taught him the ways of the game and the world. Sheds new light on the virtually unknown beginnings of a baseball great, not available in other books Captures the first incredible steps of a baseball superstar in his first season with the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons Introduces the veteran group of Negro League players, including Piper Davis, who gave Mays an incredible apprenticeship season Illuminates the Negro League's last days, drawing on in-depth research and interviews with remaining players Explores the heated rivalry between Mays's Black Barons and Buck O'Neil's Kansas City Monarchs , culminating in the last Negro League World Series Breaks new historical ground on what led the New York Giants to acquire Mays, and why he didn't sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, or Boston Red Sox Packed with stories and insights, Willie's Boys takes you inside an important part of baseball history and the development of one of the all-time greats ever to play the game.

Author : Thomas Fox
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786482405

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Drummer Boy Willie McGee, Civil War Hero and Fraud by Thomas Fox Pdf

On December 7, 1864, just one week after the bloody battle of Franklin, Tennessee, William McGee, a drummer boy from Newark, New Jersey, was credited with leading a Federal force to a decisive victory over the Confederates in a clash just thirty miles from the carnage at Franklin. This 15-year-old Irish-American, on convalescent duty and acting as an orderly to General Lovell Rousseau, was recognized for the capture of two guns, several hundred prisoners, and the saving of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro from the famed Nathan Bedford Forrest. For his actions, young McGee would soon be awarded a Medal of Honor, written up in newspapers and books as a glorious New Jersey legend, be commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army at age 18, and then, inexplicably at the height of his notoriety, virtually disappear from history for more than 100 years. This is the story of a lost war hero, a man-child with the world at his feet, whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder.

Author : H. Lawton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 093904627X

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Willie Boy by H. Lawton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : OXFORD:555045199

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Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ray Sowell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524621964

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Willie Anderson by Ray Sowell Pdf

This book is composed of two different fiction stories that will give you life lessons applicable in reality. The story Willie Anderson will tell you that you will never know what life brings to you so you must always be prepared and geared to face challenges that life brings. The River, on the other hand, tells you to never give up on what life offers to you because you never know what will happen in the future

Author : Susan Whitall
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857681379

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Fever: Little Willie John by Susan Whitall Pdf

Little Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock ‘n’ roll and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music. Born in Arkansas in 1937, William Edward John found his voice in the church halls, rec centers and nightclubs of Detroit, a fertile proving ground that produced the likes of Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. One voice rose above the rest in those formative years of the 1950s, and Little Willie John went on to have 15 hit singles in the American rhythm & blues chart, with considerable cross-over success in pop. Some of his songs might be best known by their cover versions (“Fever” by Peggy Lee, “Need Your Love So Bad” by Fleetwood Mac and “Leave My Kitten Alone” by The Beatles) but Little Willie John’s original recording of these and other songs are widely considered to be definitive, and it is this sound that is credited with ushering in a new age in American music as the 1950s turned into the 60s and rock ‘n’ roll took its place in popular culture. The soaring heights of Little Willie John’s career are matched only by the tragic events of his death, cutting short a life so full of promise. Charged with a violent crime in the late 1960s, an abbreviated trial saw Willie convicted and incarcerated in Walla Walla Washington, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1968. In this, the first official biography of one of the most important figures in rhythm & blues history, author Susan Whitall, with the help of Little Willie John’s eldest son Kevin John, has interviewed some of the biggest names in the music industry and delved into the personal archive of the John family to produce an unprecedented account of the man who invented soul music. “Little Willie John is the soul singer’s soul singer.” – Marvin Gaye “My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder you'd better be as good as Little Willie John." – Stevie Wonder “Willie John was one of the most brilliant singers you would ever want to come across, bar none. There are things that were great, there are things that were good. Willie John was past great.” – Sam Moore “Little Willie John did not know how to sing wrong, know what I mean?”– Dion “Little Willie John was a soul singer before anyone thought to call it that.” – James Brown

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555008382

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The Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Billy Van
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387932849

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The Willies by Billy Van Pdf

Are you afraid of the dark? Evil lurks, embedded in shadows, and around every corner it awaits and dwells. I invite you to my world of terror - the darkside - the underbelly of the sunlit world that man takes for granted. Now, with that being said, allow me to frighten you more. Once you've entered this book, you've entered the bowels of horror. You can leave at anytime. In fact, you can come and go as you please. Just beware of its macabre, graphic detail, and intense amplitude. This book is sure to give you The Willies.

Author : Victoria Pade
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459229419

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Wedding Willies by Victoria Pade Pdf

HER BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING… Although Kit McIntyre had left more than one unsuspecting groom standing solo at the altar, nothing would stop her from celebrating her best friend's big day. Luckily, there were a few perks she hadn't counted on as maid of honor—such as getting to spend lots of quality time with best man Ad Walker. For a guy who'd sworn off women, trying to ignore the way Kit made Ad's libido stand up and take notice was proving impossible. And regardless of her rumored wedding willies, Ad couldn't help but imagine joining her in one last trip down the aisle…as her husband!

Author : Adam Falkner
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781943735761

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The Willies by Adam Falkner Pdf

2021 Midwest Book Awards - Poetry Debut Gold Medal Winner 2020 Forewords Reviews INDIES Awards - Poetry Gold Medal Winner “Prophetic in bleak times” —DR. CORNEL WEST The Willies, Adam Falkner's first full-length poetry collection, offers a sharp and vulnerable portrait of the journey into queerhood in America. In a voice that Dr. Cornel West heralds as “prophetic in bleak times,” Falkner departs from a more familiar coming out narrative to center the stories of dueling selves. Masquerading white boy. Child of an addict. Closeted varsity athlete. Drifting seamlessly between the scholarly and conversational, Falkner's poems showcase a versatility of language and a courageous hunger, unafraid of depicting the costumes we use to hide legacies of toxic masculinity. Through snapshots both tragic and humorous, merciless and humane, Falkner offers powerful new ways of understanding the intersectional linkage that binds queer shame to cultural appropriation. At its core, The Willies asks us to consider who we will become if we do not grapple with what scares us most. Advance praise for The Willies Adam Falkner has heard what hums at the marrow of men who deceive themselves in order to survive America. — SAEED JONES This is truth that changes the air it reaches. This is poetry that, damn it, you can't shake. — PATRICIA SMITH In these urgent and sometimes mysterious poems, Falkner traces questions of identity, family, love and the self. His language is angular and surprising, his content intimate and profound. — ANDREW SOLOMON Adam Falkner is a poet with a heart of gold and a spine of steel. We need his prophetic voice in these bleak times. —DR. CORNEL WEST I am thankful for the incisive mind and eye of Adam Falkner. In the poems, the work of balancing several selves at once is done gently, deftly, and with the brilliance of someone curious about how limitless they can become. ― HANIF ABDURRAQIB

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Children's periodicals, English
ISBN : NYPL:33433105036416

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Kind Words for Boys & Girls by Anonim Pdf

Author : Shamal Abu-Baker Hussein
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781477247020

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The Image of Man in Selected Plays of August Wilson by Shamal Abu-Baker Hussein Pdf

Wilson's approach can be seen as a communal romanticism, dealing with ordinary people, language, and problems, giving the priority to the feeling and human dignity over logic, power and money, putting freedom and equity as a pivotal concern, almost presenting women and children as victims, and highlighting the importance of heritage, identity, and culture. As his self-revision message, all those three plays demonstrate scenes of black self-review, showing the blacks' part of responsibility in the situation they live in. It is a project of self-rehabilitation for the blacks. Since American society is a multicultural spectrum, there is not any certain legibly ascribed American identity. That is why Wilson does not submit to the claims of the dominant cultural trend by some white critics like Brustein. Wilson confidently presents the blacks' identity typified with self-fulfilment and contribution to the American culture, as his alternative contributory image of man against the white dominant models, or the violent black ones.

Author : Peter Sutherland Jr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781477163054

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The Five Sutherland Boys by Peter Sutherland Jr. Pdf

This book, The Five Sutherland Boys To God -Through Hell -To Glory, is a fictional family saga, is based on true life stories gleaned from my father Peter, and my four unclesLouis (Fat), Willie, Luther, and Johnny. This book reads like (Forrest Gump, meets Private Ryan, Afro Style). The book tells the life stories of the five young black men that grew up during the Great Depression, trying to make ends meet, while hanging on to family, and Godly values, in the midst of a World at War. A war that was thrust upon them and the United States by the unprovoked Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on Dec.7th 1941. In the process of surviving the depression and fighting a war, they meet and rub elbows with some incredibly unique individuals. Some were famous, and some would later become famous. Travel With them on their heroic journeys, as the boys realize there is no place like home, no love like family, and both are worth fighting for.

Author : Don Honenberger
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781489739100

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Willie by Don Honenberger Pdf

Pre-teen adventure about a 12-year-old that suddently became an orphan due to a lightening storm that blew down a tree that smashed the front of an SUV killing his parents while he was asleep in the back

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Dialogues
ISBN : OSU:32435071625859

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Dime Dialogues by Anonim Pdf