| Summer Game Books is proud to announce the launch of Distant Diamonds – a series featuring fiction and nonfiction titles with a focus on Negro Leagues and African American baseball. Even with the designation in 2020 of several Negro Leagues as major leagues, the story of baseball for African Americans before the arrival of Jackie Robinson remains largely unknown to fans of the game. With Distant Diamonds, Summer Game Books brings this era to life. Distant Diamonds promises to be a publishing program that will both educate and entertain fans about some of the greatest African American ballplayers who ever lived, and a world of baseball buried in history far too long. Distant Diamonds includes classics like the Sol White Base Ball Guide and Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever, as well as beautifully crafted fiction, featuring a new edition of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, the basis of the hugely popular film. The program includes five titles, with several others in the pipeline for 2026. For review copies or to interview any of our authors, please contact info@summergamebooks.com Learn more about all our titles at https://www.summergamebooks.com SHADOW BALL: A Novel of Baseball and Chicago, by Peter M. Rutkoff Baseball titans Charles Comiskey and Andrew “Rube” Foster scheme to shock baseball by adding black ball superstar Pop Lloyd to the 1919 White Sox. Racial tensions are building to what will explode into the Chicago Race Riots and the Black Sox scandal lurks around the corner. Elegant prose, rich historical detail, and vibrant characterizations make Shadow Ball stay with readers long after they are done reading it. Click HERE to buy on Amazon. 256pp Pbk: $17.99 978-1-955398-33-6 eBk: $7.99 978-1-955398-34-2  715 AT 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever by Randy Louis Cox Get a front row seat to the night Henry Aaron set the new all-time home run record, with a reporter/photographer who saw history unfold less than 60 feet away. Includes 44 photographs from that night, many previously unpublished. Supplemented by chapters highlighting the amazing career and life of a genuine hero, whose impact on baseball and American culture is comparable with Jackie Robinson’s. Click HERE to buy on Amazon. 162pp HC: $24.99 ISBN: 978-1-955398-28-2 Pbk: $17. 99 ISBN: 978-1-955398-29-0 eBk: $7.99 ISBN: 978-1-955398-30-5  SOL WHITE’S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE, by Solomon White, Introduction by Gary Ashwill In 1908, Sol White – a star second baseman – had the visionary idea to create a “Spalding Guide” for African American baseball. Without the seminal Sol White Guide, much of the history of this era would be lost. Includes 61 photos, extensive statistics and box scores, profiles of all the top players, and an extensive introduction by award-winning baseball historian Gary Ashwill. Click HERE to buy on Amazon. 192pp Pbk: $15.99 ISBN: 978-1938545-21-4 eBk: $4.99 ISBN: 978-1-938545-22-1 |
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