[PDF] Long Taters eBook

Author : Ron Anderson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786486694

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When African American first baseman George "Boomer" Scott made his debut in the major leagues in 1966, he took the field for the Boston Red Sox--the last major league team to field a black ballplayer, only seven years before. An eight-time Gold Glove Award winner, a three-time All-Star, and an important member of the Red Sox 1967 Impossible Dream American League Champions, Scott stroked 271 "taters"--a term he coined for home runs that has been memorialized in baseball lexicon. Yet throughout his career, the outspoken player faced an ongoing struggle to gain racial acceptance. This detailed biography chronicles Scott's youth in violently racist Mississippi, his impressive 14-year professional career, and the challenges he faced off the field. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the former slugger, this work celebrates one of Boston's legends and reveals the barriers that still existed for black ball players years after Jackie Robinson paved the way.

Author : Deanna Lynn Harris
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2009-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1607994607

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The Spudfields and McTaters are in a feud! In Taters of the Ozarks, author Deanna Harris, with vivid imagination and clever wit, introduces the Spudfields and McTaters, families not unlike othersa "except that they're potatoes. And what makes these families of taters stand out? In a unique, flowing poetic style, Deanna Harris recounts their heated, epic hostility. Even though the struggle began many years ago, these families attempt to hold their grudges until the enda "but can they? In this touching story of forgiveness and family, a young spud from each family dares to fall in love. Tempers flair and any hope of reconciliation appears to be impossible. However, when faced with an outside enemy that could destroy them all, the Spudfields and McTaters must band together if they are to have any chance of survival."

Author : Carlos M. Ochoa
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Potatoes
ISBN : 9789290601982

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This major work presents a biosystematic analysis of wild potatoes of Peru. It represents more than three decades of the work by the author in the International Potato Center. In addition to a description of the taxa, the book includes drawings of the various species, floral dissections, habitat photos and distribution maps. The distinguished artist and plant pathologist, Dr. Franz Frey, made the watercolor paintings.

Author : Hielke De Jong
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 160469307X

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The only comprehensive resource for home gardeners and commercial potato growers, The Complete Book of Potatoes has everything a gardener or commercial potato grower needs to successfully grow the best, disease-resistant potatoes for North American gardens. Includes practical as well as technical information about the potato plant, its origin, conventional and organic production techniques, pest management, and storage practices. The plant profiles include still life photographs of the exterior and interior of the tuber, and a succinct description of each variety’s physical and culinary qualities.

Author : Paul R. Wonning
Publisher : Mossy Feet Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1310219842

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Gardener's Guide to Growing Potatoes in the Vegetable Garden contains information the gardener needs to grow this vegetable in their garden. Vegetable garden beginners will find important Irish potato growing information. Gardening veterans will find new knowledge on the culture of the potato as well. vegetables, beginner, irish, culture