Background
Brashler, William was born on August 11, 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Clarence John and Wilma Irene (Nydam) Brashler.
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Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues
(During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibs...)
During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibson was a legendary figure among black baseball players, who were barred from playing in the major leagues. Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. He traces Gibson's career from the sandlots and semi-pro teams of Pittsburgh, through his debut with the Homestead Grays in 1930, and on to his untimely death in 1947 at age thirty-five―the winter after Jackie Robinson broke through the minor leagues' color barrier. With 12 pages of black-and-white photographs. "Brashler has put together a balanced account that, while deflating some of the apocryphal tales of Gibson's exploits, brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era....He emerges here as a stoic figure...totally dedicated to baseball."―New York Times Book Review. "Brashler helps to cut through the legend of a moonfaced laughing giant and give us a sense of Josh's life, in and out of baseball."―New York Review of Books.
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The Chosen Prey
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City Dogs
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A Novel
(This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication o...)
This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of a classic of baseball fiction. William Brashler's novel is the story of a black barnstorming ball club in 1939, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's unofficial color barrier. It was made into a popular film in 1976 that starred James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor. This edition includes a new preface by the author and an introduction by Peter Bjarkman that sets the novel in the context both of scholarly literature on the Negro Baseball Leagues and of sports fiction.
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Josh Gibson. A Life In The Negro Leagues
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The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana 1st edition by Brashler, William (1977) Hardcover
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A Novel (Paperback) - Common
(This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication o...)
This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of a classic of baseball fiction. William Brashler's novel is the story of a black barnstorming ball club in 1939, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's unofficial color barrier. It was made into a popular film in 1976 that starred James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor. This edition includes a new preface by the author and...
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Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues 1st edition by Brashler, William (1978) Hardcover
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{ JOSH GIBSON: A LIFE IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES } Brashler, William ( AUTHOR ) Jan-28-2000 Paperback
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The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana
(The Life and Death of Sam Giancana fully documented in th...)
The Life and Death of Sam Giancana fully documented in this riveting true story book about one of Chicago's famous mob figures.
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- Don: The Life and Death of Sam Giancana
- The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana by William Brashler (1977-05-03)
- The Story of Negro League Baseball (From about 1890 to 1947, major-league baseball was closed...)
- The Story of Negro League Baseball by William Brashler (1994-04-18)
William Brashler
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Calvin College, 1965-1968; Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1969; Master of Fine Arts, U. Iowa, 1971.
Career
Reporter, Lerner Newspapers, Chicago, 1971-1973; freelance writer, since 1972.
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Works
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Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues
(During the first half of the twentieth century, Josh Gibs...)
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The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana
(The Life and Death of Sam Giancana fully documented in th...)
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A Novel
(This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication o...)
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A Novel (Paperback) - Common
(This marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication o...)
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The Story of Negro League Baseball
(From about 1890 to 1947, major-league baseball was closed...)
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City Dogs
(softcover book)
- Don: The Life and Death of Sam Giancana
- The Chosen Prey
- The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana by William Brashler (1977-05-03)
- Josh Gibson. A Life In The Negro Leagues
- The don: The life and death of Sam Giancana 1st edition by Brashler, William (1977) Hardcover
- Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues 1st edition by Brashler, William (1978) Hardcover
- { JOSH GIBSON: A LIFE IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES } Brashler, William ( AUTHOR ) Jan-28-2000 Paperback
- The Story of Negro League Baseball by William Brashler (1994-04-18)
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Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues
Connections
Married Cynthia Marie Misa, July 25, 1970.
