Davis Sterling, scion of Houstons leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that it has today, and one he knew would drive his farther crazy. With the help of the Houston Stars elevator man, he finds a team worth covering. But he never thought it would lead him to meet the first white man to play in the Negro Baseball Leagues. And he didnt expect it to bring him the woman of his dreams.Brilliant, beautiful, and black, Leola Jones always knew she was destined for more than raising babies in her rural Florida hometown. But she never dreamed shed become the first woman owner of a professional sports team in America. Barnstorming begins in Eatonville, Florida, one of Americas original "Brown Towns," a quiet selfgoverning community of Black farmers and small businesspeople. Leola and her extended family fight racism and repression in deadly attacks by the Klan there attacks that continue from the Texas police and in the genteel homes of Houstons elite. They break new ground and hold it, sometimes against all odds.We follow the Negro League baseball team Leolas father founded move from Florida to Texas, where Leola, her childhood friend Clarence Holloman, and "Uncle" Isaac Manns build the Catfish into a contender, and then a champion. They know they need a star pitcher and find one, a...

Binding: Paperback;308 pages; Publisher: Twin Flame Productions LLC; Classification: N/A; Weight: 535.49 g; Dimensions: N/A

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