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TIMELY SUBJECT: The Negro Leagues and the era of segregated baseball is of enduring interest, and readers who flocked to Larry Tye¿s Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend will love this book.LANDMARK BIOGRAPHY: A mythical figure and household name among baseball fans, ¿Cool Papä is the last of the most important Negro Leaguers without a full biography. SUPERB AUTHOR: Wheeler was a talented, experienced author who wrote for some of the greatest players of all time, including Hank Aaron and Bob Gibson. This was his last book.

The ¿rst full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James ¿Cool Papä Bell (1903¿1991) was a legend in black baseball, a lightning fast switch hitter elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Bell¿s speed was extraordinary; as Satchel Paige famously quipped, he was so fast he could ¿ ip a light switch and be in bed before the room got dark. In The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell, experienced baseball writer and historian Lonnie Wheeler recounts the life of this extraordinary player, a key member of some of the greatest Negro League teams in history. Born to sharecroppers in Mississippi, Bell was part of the Great Migration, and in St. Louis, baseball saved Bell from a life working in slaughterhouses. Wheeler charts Bell¿s ups and downs in life and in baseball, in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, where he went to escape American racism and MLB¿s color line. Rich in context and suffused in myth, this is a treat for fans of baseball history.