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A Calculus of Color
In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration. The league had matured in the Jim Crow era, when northern cities responded to the Great Migration by restricting black access to housing, transportation, accommodations and entertainment, while blacks created their own institutions, including baseball's Negro Leagues. As the political climate changed and some major league teams realized the necessity of integration, the American League proved painfully reluctant. With the exception of the Cleveland Indians, integration was slow and often ineffective. This book examines the integration of baseball--widely viewed as a triumph--through the experiences of the American League and finds only a limited shift in racial values. The teams accepted few black players and made no effort to alter management structures, and organized baseball remained an institution governed by tradition-bound owners.
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The Lemon Jelly Cake
The book carries readers back to kinder, gentler times in small-town Central Illinois at the turn of the century. Evoking a forgotten America of lush lawns bountiful summer picnics, shaded front porches, and gentle humor. the tale is set in an era when the day's toughest decision might have been what to serve for dinner or which suit or dress to wear.
Dying for You
#6 in series: Lonely, DI Joe Rafferty signs up with a dating agency under a pseudonymn -- for very good reasons, or so he thought; but what he hasn't bargained on is that the first two women with whom he strikes up a rapport should wind up murdered - and with himself, or rather his alter ego Nigel Blythe, in the frame for the crime. The only good thing about the whole sad affair is that he is put in charge of the case. Can he find a way to investigate without the finger of suspicion being pointed at him?
A Murder Unmentioned
The black sheep of a wealthy 1930s grazier dynasty, gentleman artist Rowland Sinclair often takes matters into his own hands. When the matter is murder, there are consequences. For nearly fourteen years, Rowland has tried to forget, but now the past has returned. A newly-discovered gun casts light on a family secret long kept... a murder the Sinclairs would prefer stayed unsolved. As old wounds tear open, the dogged loyalty of Rowland's inappropriate companions is all that stands between him and the consequences of a brutal murder... one he simply failed to mention
