Author

Publication

2009 - McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC796.3570922
  • DDCB
  • LCCGV865.A1 K865 2009

Description

"Alfred had a long career as a player, manager, and minor league organizer before gaining notoriety as a utopian novelist, philosopher, economic reformer, cult leader, and early aviation promoter. George was a soldier, vaudeville troupe manager, performing hypnotist, medical quack, evangelist, and anti-KKK crusader who sought to break baseball's color line by founding integrated leagues"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Topics

Lawson, George, -- 1864-Lawson, Alfred W. -- 1869-1954Baseball -- United States -- BiographyAeronautics -- United States -- BiographySwindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Baseball fiends and flying machines: the many lives and outrageous times of George and Alfred LawsonMcFarland & Co.2009-01-01

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