Holway began his research of Negro league baseball by interviewing those who had been involved in the various Negro leagues. These interviews continued for many years before resulting in Voices from the Great Blackball Leagues (1975), a collection of interviews.

Young readers as well as adults are likely to enjoy the down-to-earth stories told by players and others associated with the leagues. Oscar Charleston (1988; see separate entry, Vol 9) and Blackball Stars (1988) are Holway's other major books (in addition to Josh and Satch) on the Negro Leagues. Blackball Stars is a rewritten compilation of numerous articles Holway had published about Negro leaguers. It has short biographies of many of the players, owners, and executives involved in the creation of the leagues as well as those involved in the playing of league games. Blackball Stars is somewhat earthier than Josh and Satch, featuring some off-color stories of ballplayers' romantic...