The Resource Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
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The item Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "From the author of the best-selling The Butler--an emotional, inspiring story of two teams from a poor, black, segregated high school in Ohio, who, in the midst of the racial turbulence of 1968/1969, win the Ohio state baseball and basketball championships in the same year. 1968 and 1969: Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy are assassinated. Race relations are frayed like never before. Cities are aflame as demonstrations and riots proliferate. But in Columbus, Ohio, the Tigers of segregated East High School win the baseball and basketball championships, defeating bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state. Now, Wil Haygood gives us a spirited and stirring account of this improbable triumph and takes us deep into the personal lives of these local heroes: Robert Wright, power forward, whose father was a murderer; Kenny Mizelle, the Tigers' second baseman, who grew up under the false impression that his father had died; Eddie "Rat" Ratleff, the star of both teams, who would play for the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team. We meet Jack Gibbs, the first black principal at East High; Bob Hart, the white basketball coach, determined to fight against the injustices he saw inflicting his team; the hometown fans who followed the Tigers to stadiums across the state. And, just as important, Haygood puts the Tigers' story in the context of the racially charged late 1960s. The result is both an inspiring sports story and a singularly illuminating social history"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524731861
- Label
- Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing
- Title
- Tigerland
- Title remainder
- 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing
- Statement of responsibility
- Wil Haygood
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the author of the best-selling The Butler--an emotional, inspiring story of two teams from a poor, black, segregated high school in Ohio, who, in the midst of the racial turbulence of 1968/1969, win the Ohio state baseball and basketball championships in the same year. 1968 and 1969: Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy are assassinated. Race relations are frayed like never before. Cities are aflame as demonstrations and riots proliferate. But in Columbus, Ohio, the Tigers of segregated East High School win the baseball and basketball championships, defeating bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state. Now, Wil Haygood gives us a spirited and stirring account of this improbable triumph and takes us deep into the personal lives of these local heroes: Robert Wright, power forward, whose father was a murderer; Kenny Mizelle, the Tigers' second baseman, who grew up under the false impression that his father had died; Eddie "Rat" Ratleff, the star of both teams, who would play for the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team. We meet Jack Gibbs, the first black principal at East High; Bob Hart, the white basketball coach, determined to fight against the injustices he saw inflicting his team; the hometown fans who followed the Tigers to stadiums across the state. And, just as important, Haygood puts the Tigers' story in the context of the racially charged late 1960s. The result is both an inspiring sports story and a singularly illuminating social history"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haygood, Wil
- Dewey number
- 796.32309771/57
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Basketball
- Baseball
- East High School (Columbus, Ohio)
- Race relations
- Columbus (Ohio)
- Label
- Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020311049
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524731861
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2018002138
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020311049
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524731861
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2018002138
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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