TY - BOOK AU - Luke,Bob AU - Irvin,Monte TI - Willie Wells: El Diablo of the Negro Leagues SN - 9780292794986 AV - GV865 PY - 2007/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Wells, Willie KW - Baseball players-United States-Biography KW - African American baseball players-Biography KW - Negro leagues KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Monte Irvin -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. He Could Pick It -- Two. I Never Went for Anything Crooked -- Three. Family -- Four. Leaving Home to Play Ball -- Five. The "Devil" -- Six. You Had to Do All Kinds of Things -- Seven. They Treat Me Like a Man -- Eight. My Contract Said "Ballplayer" -- Nine. We'll Talk -- Ten. He Has Slowed Up Afield -- Eleven. A Mind-Set Put to Rest -- Twelve. Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials? -- Thirteen. Tradition Meets Fair Play -- Fourteen. Why in Hell? -- Fifteen. The "Devil" Is In -- Sixteen. Righting a Wrong -- Seventeen. "Baseball Is a Beautiful Game" -- Notes -- Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives -- Index N2 - No detailed description available for "Willie Wells" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3443299 ER -