Glory of Their Times

[byrone]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Not really getting this. So during slavery, because it was the norm and the law, you wouldn't call the slave states racist?

The "slave states". Yeah, racist

All the people of those states? No, not all were racist.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by byrone

The "slave states". Yeah, racist. All the people of those states? No, not all were racist.

Agree 100%.

[rhettyeakley]

Came across this again in my stuff while searching for something and thought it would be a good addition to the original thread here...

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Came across this again in my stuff while searching for something and thought it would be a good addition to the original thread here...

How many authors of such a book would have cut all the players in on the royalties? Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today. But Larry didn't do it for the money. He was a peach.

[byrone]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

How many authors of such a book would have cut all the players in on the royalties? Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today. But Larry didn't do it for the money. He was a peach.

Any idea how much each player received in total?

And any idea how many books initially sold?

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by byrone

Any idea how much each player received in total?

And any idea how many books initially sold?

No clue about the money. As for books sold, I remember seeing a figure of something like 250,000 quoted when we did the audio set, which was almost 25 years ago. It was then in its 14th printing and had never been out of print. Most of that total probably came in the first several years after publication in 1966. Very few non-fiction books ever achieve that level of success.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today.

$2,027.99 to be specific.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Just that one check was a decent amount of money in those days, equivalent to two or three grand today.

$2,027.99 to be specific.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

$2,027.99 to be specific.

A year earlier, as posted above, Edd Roush got one for $935. I guess that would be around nine grand today. Wow! Makes me wonder if Larry even kept any for himself

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Came across this again in my stuff while searching for something and thought it would be a good addition to the original thread here...

That check is so cool, and a great piece of baseball and literary history.

[Jay Wolt]

Here's 3 of the checks that I had

[todeen]

Originally Posted by byrone

The "slave states". Yeah, racist

All the people of those states? No, not all were racist.

It obviously must be said that many in the North were racist in there own way, and unions were extremely racist, blackballing African Americans from certain trades in order to protect the wages of white workers. No region of the US was free from racism, I live in Washington State, and segregated neighborhoods - due to activities of Realtor groups - existed even here, from Tacoma on the Puget Sound to Spokane on the Idaho border. And one need not be a virulent racist to be racist - simply saying something like "There goes the neighborhood" when a African American family moved in was simple enough to be racist.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by todeen

It obviously must be said that many in the North were racist in there own way, and unions were extremely racist, blackballing African Americans from certain trades in order to protect the wages of white workers. No region of the US was free from racism, I live in Washington State, and segregated neighborhoods - due to activities of Realtor groups - existed even here, from Tacoma on the Puget Sound to Spokane on the Idaho border. And one need not be a virulent racist to be racist - simply saying something like "There goes the neighborhood" when a African American family moved in was simple enough to be racist.

I am currently reading a book on the life of Octavius Catto. If anyone wants a true eye opener as to how racist the North got, just pick up a copy of this book.