The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938

“this book is a godsend...clearly written...a startling amount of information...there’s a bit of something for every baseball fan in this book...thoroughly researched...a wealth of detail”—Elysian Fields Quarterly; “fabulous...expertly researched and written”—North Carolina Society of Historians; “interesting...thorough”—Nine; “a source of inestimable worth”—The North Carolina Archivist; “recommend[ed]...research is remarkable”— Classic Images; “fascinating. Baseball fans who hunger for statistical information will find this book a feast. This book is a ticket back to a time when baseball was as much a part of the fabric of many Tar Heel towns as the mill workers who played it”—Our State; “painstaking research...great stories...Utley and Verner have done a service”—Winston-Salem Journal; “fascinating”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “the saga of the era when baseball truly was king...a vast amount of research...enlightening and interesting”—The Sunday Courier (Forest City, North Carolina); “captivating...a rich collection of photographs”—Sports Collectors Digest; “meticulously researched”—Minor Trips Newsletter; “rich collection of photographs...well written and well researched...a fun read”—VCBC; “baseball was more than the national pastime—it was the national passion. Long before free agency, hated rivals like the Concord Weavers and Kannapolis Towelers competed fiercely for the best players money could buy. Their style of ball was a hard-fought, ‘do-anything-to-win’ blood sport—and it didn’t always end on the field”—The Charlotte Observer; “a real piece of history”—Independent Tribune (Concord/Kannapolis, N.C.); “more than about baseball...a slice of history that needs to be told”—Salisbury Post (N.C.)