| Book Reviews | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 131.2

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Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation. By William C. Kashatus. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. xv, 216 pp. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, index. $35.)

William C. Kashatus's Money Pitcher: Chief Bender and the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation is a fascinating account of the life and career of Charles Albert Bender, star pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletics during the early twentieth century. Mandowescence (Bender's Indian nickname) grew up on White Earth reservation in Minnesota. However, Bender spent more of his youth in Pennsylvania than in Minnesota, as he attended the Educational Home in Philadelphia and Carlisle Indian Training School. At Carlisle, baseball became a way for the U.S. government to indoctrinate the Native Americans in teamwork and sportsmanship, and Bender excelled as an athlete. Following graduation, Bender remained in Carlisle and briefly attended Dickinson College before Connie Mack offered him a contract to pitch for the Athletics. Soon, Bender became Mack's "money pitcher"—the one Mack wanted on the mound to start a key game—and set World Series records that still stand today.

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