Skip to content

Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston Paperback - 2003

by Bryant, Howard

  • Used

In a story of race and baseball in Boston, Bryant shows how the Red Sox passed up Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays and developed an enduring legacy of racism.

Description

Beacon Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Used - Good
NZ$9.97
NZ$6.64 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 5 to 9 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Wonder Book (Maryland, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
  • Author Bryant, Howard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-09-02
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Z14M-00003
  • ISBN 9780807009796 / 0807009792
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.01 x 0.94 in (22.81 x 15.27 x 2.39 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Locality: Boston-Worcester, Mass.
  • Library of Congress subjects Boston Red Sox (Baseball team), Boston (Mass.) - Race relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003052377
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

About Wonder Book Maryland, United States

Biblio member since 2003
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.

Terms of Sale:

RETURNS are cheerfully accepted up to 30 days. We ship out within 1-2 business days and U.S. Standard Shipments usually arrive within 6-9 business days, Priority 3-6.

Browse books from Wonder Book

First line

There was no reason to be optimistic.

Categories

Media reviews

Sport is not always a metaphor . . . but in this instance the story of race and the Red Sox is an exceedingly accurate mirror of the story of race and Boston, and thus race and America. —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

"One of the best baseball books I have ever read, and in fact one of the best non-fiction books I have read in years. To simply call it a baseball book is to do it a disservice, in that people interested in American history, race relations in America, and simply human nature might not read it, which would be their loss." —Lisa Winston, USA Today's Sports Weekly

"Shut Out...is the first book detailing and analyzing the racial problems of the Red Sox...it is required reading for anyone who cares about the history of racial prejudice and the game of baseball." —Louis P. Masur, The Nation

Citations

  • Ebony, 11/01/2003, Page 26

About the author

Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN the Magazine and the author of Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball, and The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. He is the editor of The Best American Sports Writing 2017. He appears regularly on ESPN's The Sports Reporters, ESPN First Take, Outside the Lines, and serves as sports correspondent for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.