The enthralling novel called Madewell Brown is made of two stories.
The first is that of Rachael, a young African-American woman from Illino... read full description
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May 31, 2009
Kristi (Books and Needlepoint)
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This is the story of Madewell Brown, told in flashbacks by his friend and fellow ballplayer Obie Poole. Obie and Madewell grew up in South Cairo, Illinois and together with a band of other boys created the South Cairo Greys - an African-American baseball team. For most of the players, the team was the only family they ever really had. As you can tell from the first sentence, Obie is the only one who ever returned to South Cairo - all the other ones dropped out or died or were killed while they w
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Mar 15, 2009
Jackie
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Though this is a book meant to be an answer to a mystery created in an earlierbook, "Perdido", it stands alone quite well. It involves a forgotten team in the Negro League baseball of long ago, one old man who tells it's stories over and over, another old man who keeps a dark secret about it until his death bed, and the younger people who inherit the stories and the pall of the secrets. It's a rambling story, changing voices and eras effortlessly, but a fine one, showing the importan
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Jun 16, 2009
Laura
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This book takes you by the hand and draws you up onto the porchan invites you into the story of Obie Poole and Madewell Brown. Madewell Brown is as much about the vagaries of memory and the slippery slope of truth as it is about the old Negro baseball leagues. Collignon's sense of place, from the misty river's edge of South Cairo, Illinois to the high mesa outside of Guadalipe, New Mexico is unerring. A marvelous read.
Jul 09, 2009
Clockstein
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Madewell Brown by Rick Collignon is the sequel to Perdido that takes place in the fictional town of Guadalupe, New Mexico. When his father dies, Cipriano finds an old leather satchel with the name Madewell Brown on it. In the bag are some old baseball clothes, a picture of a group of fourteen black baseball players, and a letter addressed to Obie Poole in South Cairo, Illinois that appears to be over fifty years old. Cipriano drops the letter in the mail setting off a chain of events that will e
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Jul 31, 2009
Tania
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Loved this novel. I reviewed it for High Country News magazine.
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