Darkhorse: The Jimmy Claxton Story

John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball previews "Darkhorse; The Jimmy Claxton Story" thusly: "Ty Phelan tells the story behind one of baseball's most puzzling integration milestones; the Zee-Nut card of 1916, featuring a black ballplayer with the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. How did this player break the color line, or pass it by? Where did he come from? Was there more to Jimmy Claxton than this anomalous foray into Organized Baseball? Yes indeed, and author Phelan reveals all."