Bud Fowler

A biography of Bud Fowler (ne John Jackson), the first African American to play in organised baseball, and the longest tenured at the time that the colour line was drawn. Emphasising the social and cultural contexts for Fowler's accomplishments on and off the baseball diamond, and his prominence within the history and development of the national pastime, Jeff Laing builds a convincing case for Fowler as one of the great pioneering figures of the early game.