Books by Richard Bak and Complete Book Reviews
Richard Bak, Author . Wiley $27.95 (313p) ISBN 978-0-471-23487-6
Bak (Detroit Across Three Centuries) gives new life to the well-known story of industrialist Henry Ford (1863–1947) and his rise from Michigan farm boy to the powerful head of an automobile manufacturing company. Deeply interested in anything...
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Richard Bak, Author Wayne State University Press $24.95 (298p) ISBN 978-0-8143-2483-7
A prodigious researcher, Bak ( And Cobb Would Have Caught It ) not only tracked down occasional references to black baseball in the white press of the 1920s and early '30s, but also interviewed surviving players and fans. His book is a plea for...
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Richard Bak, Author Taylor Publishing Company (TX) $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87833-929-7
Charles Dillon Stengel (1890-1975), nicknamed ""Casey"" because he came from Kansas City (K.C.), was a solid player in the minor as well as the major leagues from 1910 to 1931 and a major-league manager with some bad teams (Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston...
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