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Cracks in the Outfield Wall
The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas
“Holaday executes [this book] with grace and clarity, employing primary sources—contemporary newspaper accounts, numerous interviews conducted with players and team officials, autobiographies of players who went on to become MLB stars—to substantiate and expand his own research.”—North Carolina Historical Review
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Classic Restaurants of Durham
The story of the restaurant industry in Durham is also the story of a once-prosperous tobacco town that suffered through a long decline only to undergo a stunning rebirth. This book profiles fifty longtime restaurants that have helped shape the city's dining scene.
The Tobacco State League: A North Carolina Baseball History
By showing how race and the national pastime intersected at the local level, Holaday offers readers new context to understand the long struggle of equality in the game.
The Team That Couldn’t Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers
Chris Holaday contributed three biographies to this revealing book that profiles everyone who played a role in the first season of Major League Baseball in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Baseball in Forth Worth
The Forth Worth Cats, with a history that began in 1888, are one of the legendary teams of minor league baseball. This book documents their story (including the 109-win 1924 team) and others from the north Texas city.
Baseball in the Carolinas - 25 Essays on the States’ Hardball Heritage
This work is a collection of 25 nonfiction stories about baseball as it has been played in the Carolinas from its early days to the present. Everything from Little League to the textiles leagues to professional minor leagues are represented.
Virginia International Raceway
From the August 1957 VIR race program: "The rolling Virginia hills have been painstakingly clad with an ultra-smooth skin of macadam to provide a course of great natural beauty.
Classic Restaurants of Chapel Hill & Orange County
The authors profile longtime establishments that helped shape the dining scene in Chapel Hill and the neighboring towns of Carborro and Hillsborough.
The North Carolina Piedmont has long been famous for its minor league teams, including the Durham Bulls and the Carolina Mudcats, but it's not just the professionals who helped shape the area's baseball tradition.
Baseball in North Carolina’s Piedmont
Author Chris Holaday and top culinary instructor Marilyn Markel offer the mouth-watering history, famous recipes, traditions, and heartwarming stories of Southerners in their kitchens.
Southern Breads - Recipes, Stories & Traditions
The state of North Carolina has one of the richest baseball history’s in the country. This book gives a historical statewide overview, year by year summaries and histories for each of the 72 towns that have been home to the professional game.
Professional Baseball in North Carolina - An Illustrated City-by-City History
Baseball in Dallas
The city of Dallas has a rich baseball history extending back to the 1870s when the professional game first found roots in Texas. In 1888, the Dallas Hams were a founding member (and first champion) of the professional Texas League.
The 25 Greatest Baseball Teams of the 20th Century
The best baseball team of the 20th century? How about the 1906 Cubs? Or the 1998 Yankees? Don't forget the 1929 A's, or the 1976 Reds.
Images of America - Hillsborough
The picturesque town of Hillsborough, North Carolina, once a treasured secret, has recently been rediscovered for its beauty, locale, and historical ties.