James "Cool Papa" Bell

Books

Clark, Dick and Larry Lester, Eds. The Negro Leagues Book. Birmington, AL: Society for American Baseball Research/EBSCO Media, 1994.

Dixon, Phil with Patrick J. Hannigan. The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic History. Mattituck, NY: Amereon House, 1992.

Gardner, Robert and Dennis Shortelle. The Forgotten Players: The Story of Black Baseball in America. New York: Walker & Company, 1993.

Holway, John. The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History. Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001.

Holway, John B. Blackball Stars: Negro League Pioneers. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988.

Holway, John B. Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975.

Kelley, Brent. Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with Fifty-two Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1998.

McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick McKissack, Jr. Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Scholastic, 1994.

McNeil, William F. Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000.

McNeil, William F. Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2001.

Ribowsky, Mark. A Complete History of the Negro Leagues, 1884-1955. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1995.

Periodicals

Banks, James. "Flying Feet: The Life and Times of Cool Papa Bell, the Fastest Runner Baseball Has." Baseball History (fall, 1996).

Fallstrom, R.B. "James 'Cool Papa' Bell Takes Things as They Come." Associated Press (February 10, 1990).

Fallstrom, R.B., "Cool Papa Bell." Associated Press (March 8, 1991).

"James 'Cool Papa' Bell Still Keeps Cool at 86." Jet (March 5, 1990): 48.

"Profiles of Prominent Negro-Leaguers: James 'Cool Papa' Bell." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 4, 2001): D10.

Rhoden, William C. "Cool Papa's Legacy Lives with a Statue in St. Louis." New York Times (September 17, 2001): C18.

Thomas, Robert McC., Jr. "James (Cool Papa) Bell, 87, Dies; Legendary Star of the Negro Leagues." New York Times (March 9, 1991): 11.

Other

"Speed to Burn: Bell Was the Fastest Player Ever." Major League Baseball. http://www.MLB.com/ (October 1, 2002).