Rube Foster in His Time—On the Field and in the Papers With Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary

"Andrew "Rube" Foster stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, he made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season. This biography combines period editorialsand correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer"--Provided by publisher.

Noted Negro League historian and author of eight books, Larry Lester has contributed to more than 175 books, dissertations, and theses on black sports history. Based in Kansas City, he was co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and currently chairman of SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee, and the 2016 recipient of SABR’s Henry Chadwick Award, to honor baseball’s greatest researchers. Since 1998, Lester has hosted the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, the only academic symposium dedicated exclusively to the examination and promotion of black baseball history. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.