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In a league of her own : a novel / Kaia Alderson.
1930s, New York City An ambitious Harlem woman's husband upends her social climbing when he buys a Negro Leagues baseball team and appoints her as the team's business manager. Overnight, Effa Manley goes from 125th Street's civil rights champion to an interloper in the boys' club that is professional baseball. Navigating her way through gentlemen's agreement contracts, the very public flirtatious antics of superstar Satchel Paige, and a sports world that would much rather see this woman back in her “place” at home, Effa ultimately whips her team, the Newark Eagles, into the Negro Leagues Champions of 1946. But how long will she get to enjoy the fruits of her success before Major League Baseball tears it all apart? Based on the incredible life of Effa Manley, an unforgettable and inspiring story about a woman with a dream who wound up with a baseball team.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063228382
- ISBN: 0063228386
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
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| Subject: | Manley, Effa, 1897-1981. Negro leagues > Fiction. Women executives > Fiction. Women, Black > Fiction. Civil rights > Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Sports fiction. Novels. |
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- 3 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 2 copies available at Scenic Regional.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Scenic Regional-New Haven | FIC ALD (Text) | 3008186076 | New Fiction | Checked out | 10/18/2024 |
| Scenic Regional-Warrenton | FIC ALD (Text) | 3008186084 | New Fiction | Checked out | 10/17/2024 |
