Current mood:	disappointed
Entry tags:	james overmyer, queen of the negro leagues

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Thirteenth Post (Final Thoughts)
I normally find bibliographic notes in books fascinating, and that is certainly true for this book, but I rarely find them this frustrating! Overmyer states that the five major sources that Effa left behind (four interviews and a book) "form a comprehensive and consistent account of both her life and the history of the Negro National League." I can see that those sources provide a great history of the Negro National League and the Newark Eagles, but I have seen little evidence that any of Overmyer's sources provided a very good picture of Effa's life. This book certainly doesn't do a terribly good job of describing Effa's life before, after or during, but outside of, baseball. I find his assertion that we have any kind of comprehensive account of Effa's life to be patiently false, deliberately shortsighted or both. I am rather disappointed by this whole thing.