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- ↑ The Southpaw, by Mark Harris, 1953; published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company
- ↑ Imagining Baseball: America's Pastime and Popular Culture, by David McGimpsey, published January 2000 by the University of Indiana Press
- 1 2 Henry Wiggen is still bringing the heat, by Ivan Maisel, at ESPN; published July 11, 2007; retrieved July 24, 2014
- ↑ HARRIS: It Looked Like For Ever, by Mark Harris, reviewed by Evan Charkes; in the Columbia Daily Spectator ; volume CIV; number 55; page 6; published December 3, 1979; retrieved July 25, 2014
- 1 2 Diamonds In The Rough – Mark Harris (An Interview with the writer of Bang the Drum Slowly), originally published in The Real Paper (Boston), October 27, 1979 (p. 5, 8 ,9); archived at GeraldPeary.com; retrieved July 25, 2014
- ↑ Paul Newman: A Life, by Shawn Levy; published September 25, 2010, by Aurum Press (via Google Books)
- ↑ Scene From 'Bang The Drum Slowly' (Caption:American actors (left to right) Paul Newman as Henry Wiggen, Albert Salmi (1928 - 1990) as Bruce Pierson, and Georgann Johnson as Holly, appear in a scene from the United States Steel Hour production of 'Bang the Drum Slowly' which aired September 26, 1956), at Getty Images; retrieved July 25, 2014