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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Branson, Douglas M.

Title: Greatness in the shadows: Larry Doby and the integration of the American League / Douglas M. Branson.

Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015031802

ISBN 9780803285521 (cloth: alk. paper)

ISBN 9780803285941 (epub)

ISBN 9780803285958 (mobi)

ISBN 9780803285965 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Doby, Larry. | Baseball players—United States—Biography. | African American baseball players—United States—Biography. | Discrimination in sports—United States. | American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. | Baseball—United States—History.

Classification: LCC GV865.D58 B73 2016 | DDC 796.357092—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015031802

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