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Neil Lanctot

Literary birthday greetings: Dave Kaplan

September 14, 2011

Dave “No Relation” Kaplan is the executive director of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which has hosted some excellent author discussions over the years. (Allen Barra, author of Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, and Neil Lanctot, author of Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella, will explore the lives and legacies of baseball’s two […]

Tagged as: Allen Barra, David Kaplan, Neil Lanctot, New York Yankees, Roy Campanella, Yogi Berra

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Bookshelf review: Campy

April 28, 2011

The Two Lives of Roy Campanella, by Neil Lanctot. Simon and Schuster, 2011. My first thoughts when I heard about this book was, “It’s about time.” Roy Campanella was a three-time NL MVP and a Hall of Famer, yet aside from It’s Good to Be Alive, his own ghostwritten autobiography, there have been no “adult” […]

Tagged as: Jackie Robinson, Neil Lanctot, Roy Campanella

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National Pastime Radio

March 20, 2011

Only a Game recently featured two author reviews for books on minorities in baseball. Neil Lanctot, author of Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella, was featured on the March 12 episode (listen here). Rob Ruck, author of Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game was on the March 5 program […]

Tagged as: John Thorn, Neil Lanctot, Rob Ruck, Roy Campanella

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