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John Christgau (1934–2018)¿is the author of several works, including¿The Origins of the Jumpshot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball, and Tricksters in the Madhouse: Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948, both available in Bison Books editions.

John Christgau (1934–2018)¿is the author of numerous books, including Origins of the Jump Shot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball and Tricksters in the Madhouse: Lakers vs. Globetrotters, 1948, both available in Bison Books editions.

John Christgau (1934–2018) is the author of numerous books, including Enemies: World War II Alien Internment and Birch Coulie: The Epic Battle of the Dakota War, both available in Bison Books editions.

John Christgau¿(1934–2018), was an award-winning writer on issues of restitution and reconciliation, and is the author of several books, including Enemies: World War II Alien Internment, available in a Bison Books edition.

Tricksters in the Madhouse" is the story of the pivotal meeting between the all-white Minneapolis Lakers, favored to win the World Professional Basketball Tournament, and the Harlem Globetrotters, at the center of black basketball and riding their own incredible 103-game winning streak. When these two powerhouses met for the first time—, on February 19, 1948, before an audience of eighteen thousand in Chicago Stadium—, basketball fan...

The first Japanese American jockey, 'Kokomo Joe' Kobuki burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. This title narrates Kobuki's rise from lowly stable boy to reigning star at California fairs and in the bush leagues.

John Christgau (1934–2018)¿is the author of numerous books, including Kokomo Joe (Nebraska 2009), The Gambler and the Bug Boy (Nebraska 2007), and The Origins of the Jump Shot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball, ¿available in a Bison Books edition.

John Christgau (1934–2018)¿is the author of several books including Spoon, winner of the Society of Midland Authors Best Fiction Award. He played basketball for three years at San Francisco State University and was named to the All-Conference team twice.

In February 1948 the brand new, all-white Minneaplis Lakers were arguably the greatest basketball team in America, favored to win the World Professional Basketball Tournament later that year. Meanwhile the Harlem Globetrotters, at the center of black, basketball, were riding their own incredible 103-game winning streak. Best known to white audiences for their downing and comedy, the Globetrotters were not even thought to be in the same league ...