John Tortes Chief Meyers: A Baseball Biography (Paperback)

from EMYeak

This is a biography of a little known American Indian star of the early days of baseball. Catcher Meyers appeared in four World Series and was the battery mate of Christy Mathewson. This is a well-rounded biography and describes life off the diamond for Meyers in addition to telling of his on fie...

from mysterymax

I enjoyed the book more than I had anticipated. The story of Meyers is told in a very detached, documentary way and I thought I would lose interest. In fact, though, it is very interesting; with information about baseball and the players of Meyer's time. It also contains lots of photographs, whic...

from SethAndrew

This book is a baseball biography and also serves as a brief history of the struggles of Native Americans since the end of the Civil War. John Tortes Meyers was a key component on some of the best teams in the Deadball Era. On the New York Giants teams of the early 20th century he was among more ...

from mrmapcase

Although the primary focus is on Meyer's baseball career, it is a wonderful biography of a wonderful ballplayer, who never let the inherent racism of the day get to him. Meyers was an all-star catcher who appeared in four World Series, three for the Giants and one for the Robins (Dodgers.) There ...

from zzshupinga

Many baseball (and non baseball fans) are aware of the difficulty that black ball players had breaking into the big leagues. But how many are familiar with the story of Native American ballplayers? I would guess rather few...I didn't become aware of their story into college when a librarian, who ...