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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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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
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
viii, 420 pages
Contents
  • Prologue: 1968, Reverend King passed this way
  • Down to the river
  • Eddie Rat meets the Afro-wearing Bo-Pete
  • The house that Jack built
  • Momentum
  • Keeping food in the pantry
  • So many dreams in the segregated city
  • Panthers and Tigers, oh my
  • The church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached
  • St. John Arena
  • The ballad of Jackie Robinson
  • Twilight at Harley Field
  • Robert Duncan and Richard Nixon's America
  • The catcher in the storm
  • Ghosts of the blue birds
  • Off into the world
  • Blood in Ohio
  • Sins laid bare
  • Epilogue: Still standing
Isbn
9781524731861
Instance
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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
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"--
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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
LC call number
GV885.73.C65
LC item number
H68 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • East High School (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Columbus (Ohio)
  • Columbus (Ohio)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Race relations
  • Ohio
Label
Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references 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
Contents
Prologue: 1968, Reverend King passed this way -- Down to the river -- Eddie Rat meets the Afro-wearing Bo-Pete -- The house that Jack built -- Momentum -- Keeping food in the pantry -- So many dreams in the segregated city -- Panthers and Tigers, oh my -- The church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached -- St. John Arena -- The ballad of Jackie Robinson -- Twilight at Harley Field -- Robert Duncan and Richard Nixon's America -- The catcher in the storm -- Ghosts of the blue birds -- Off into the world -- Blood in Ohio -- Sins laid bare -- Epilogue: Still standing
Control code
on1020311049
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
viii, 420 pages
Isbn
9781524731861
Lccn
2018002138
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o1020311049
  • (OCoLC)1020311049
Label
Tigerland : 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing, Wil Haygood
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references 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
Contents
Prologue: 1968, Reverend King passed this way -- Down to the river -- Eddie Rat meets the Afro-wearing Bo-Pete -- The house that Jack built -- Momentum -- Keeping food in the pantry -- So many dreams in the segregated city -- Panthers and Tigers, oh my -- The church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached -- St. John Arena -- The ballad of Jackie Robinson -- Twilight at Harley Field -- Robert Duncan and Richard Nixon's America -- The catcher in the storm -- Ghosts of the blue birds -- Off into the world -- Blood in Ohio -- Sins laid bare -- Epilogue: Still standing
Control code
on1020311049
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
viii, 420 pages
Isbn
9781524731861
Lccn
2018002138
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o1020311049
  • (OCoLC)1020311049

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