Born in 1871 on Maine's Penobscot Indian reservation and nephew of
a chief, Louis Sockalexis became professional baseball's first
American Indian player. Ultimately, his prowess on the diamond
inspired the name Cleveland's baseball team carries today.
Exploring the brilliant but too-brief major league career of the
"Deerfoot of the Diamond," Baseball's First Indian follows
Sockalexis's rise to the majors, his fall to the minor leagues of
New England, and his final return to the reservation in Maine,
where he continued to coach baseball and work as an umpire. This
fascinating study of the life of Louis Sockalexis is filled with
game action and leavened by the flamboyant and colorful stories of
19th century sportswriters who frequently invented what the truth
would not supply. It's a treasure for every student of baseball
history.
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