Comeback season : my unlikely story of friendship with the greatest living Negro League baseball players
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Perron, Cam, 1994-
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Chiles, Nick, author
Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021, writer of foreword
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African American baseball players -- Biography
Baseball -- History
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History
Negro leagues -- History
Perron, Cam, -- 1994- -- Friends and associates

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First Gallery Books hardcover edition
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xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The...true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron-a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston-and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"--,Provided by publisher
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In 2007, at the age of twelve, Perron bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues. He started writing letters to former Negro League players asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. The letters turned into phone calls, and in these conversations many of the players revealed that they had fallen out of touch with their former teammates. Perron and a small group of fellow researchers organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. This is the story of his mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball-- and to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, stocked with memorabilia. -- adapted from jacket

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Perron, C., Chiles, N., & Aaron, H. (2021). Comeback season: my unlikely story of friendship with the greatest living Negro League baseball players (First Gallery Books hardcover edition). Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perron, Cam, 1994-, Nick, Chiles and Hank Aaron. 2021. Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship With the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perron, Cam, 1994-, Nick, Chiles and Hank Aaron. Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship With the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Perron, Cam, Nick Chiles, and Hank Aaron. Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship With the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players First Gallery Books hardcover edition, Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.

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