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Hace 3 días · The book’s first chapter begins with a slave rebellion in 1811 which threatened to upend all the promise of a cotton empire, and in successive chapters, Johnson is clear that life at the centre of capitalist transformation was as likely to kill as it was to make someone rich.
Hace 3 días · Gibson’s catching ability was praised by Walter Johnson and other major league stars against whom he played in exhibition games, and Gibson had a .426 batting average in recorded at bats against major league pitchers in those contests.
Hace 4 días · More recent work, such as Walter Johnson’s edited collection, The Chattel Principle, has begun to explore these forced migrations but the database could offer some comparative perspective on other forced migrations.
[Kamka] 1,500+ strikeouts on the mound and 20+ home runs at the plate: Walter Johnson, Bob Gibson, Warren Spahn, Don Drysdale, Red Ruffing, John Clarkson, Milt Pappas, Carlos Zambrano
Hace 5 días · Walter Johnson, pictured in 2004. Seven hundred paras trained for the attack. But on the night of June 5, they flew into heavy German fire.
Hace 4 días · Ty Cobb’s description of Walter Johnson’s fastball: “The thing just hissed with danger.” So good.
Hace 5 días · Costa de la Luz: a hidden gem for sun, sand, and culture 1 million visitors in the past month. The Costa de la Luz, a stunning stretch of coastline in southern Spain, has seen a surge in tourism in recent years, with over 1 million visitors in the past month alone.
