
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell
Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
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Narrado por:
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David Sadzin
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Lonnie Wheeler
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer
James “Cool Papa” Bell (1903-1991) was a legend in Black baseball, a lightning-fast switch hitter elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Bell’s speed was extraordinary; as Satchel Paige famously quipped, he was so fast he could flip a light switch and be in bed before the room got dark.
In The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell, experienced baseball writer and historian Lonnie Wheeler recounts the life of this extraordinary player, a key member of some of the greatest Negro League teams in history.
Born to sharecroppers in Mississippi, Bell was part of the Great Migration, the movement of African Americans from the southern states to the northern states from 1910 through 1930. In St. Louis, baseball saved Bell from a life working in slaughterhouses. Wheeler charts Bell’s ups and downs in life and in baseball, in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, where he went to escape American racism and major league baseball’s color line.
Rich in context and suffused in myth, this is a treat for fans of baseball history.
©2021 Lonnie Wheeler. Published in 2021 by The Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS, New York. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Blackstone PublishingListeners also enjoyed...




















Great book on the negro leagues
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Fans of baseball and sport overall will enjoy this story.
Overall great book
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Really Good Book
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Incredible!
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Pittsburgh Proud
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Excellent
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My only issues with the book were David Sadzin’s reading (mostly fine, though the directing/editing might’ve made his pacing off a bit at times), and it felt like there was more to be told about Cool Papa. I’m sure it’s mostly due to a lack of available information, but it felt like we just plumbed the surface a bit a times.
Worth Remembering
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David Sadzin did a wonderful job of reading this awesome book
Cool Papa Bell
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