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A Negro League Scrapbook

A Negro League Scrapbook

Weatherford, Carole Boston
O'Neil, Buck

Paperback

General Juvenile NonfictionHistorySports & Recreation

Publisher Price: $10.99

ISBN10: 1635928354
ISBN13: 9781635928358
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Published: Aug 30 2022
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.17 Width: 11.05 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
Featuring lively verse, fascinating facts, and archival photographs, here is a celebration of the Negro Leagues and the great players who went unrecognized in their time written by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford.

Imagine that you are an outstanding baseball player but banned from the major leagues. Imagine that you are breaking records but the world ignores your achievements. Imagine having a dream but no chance to make that dream come true.

This is what life was like for African American baseball players before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. Meet Josh Gibson, called the black Babe Ruth, who hit seventy-five home runs in 1931; James Cool Papa Bell, the fastest man in baseball; legendary Satchel Paige, who once struck out twenty-four batters in a single game; and, of course, Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball, and one of the greatest players of all time.

Written by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford with a foreword by Buck O'Neil, a Negro leagues legend whose baseball contributions spanned eight decades, this book is a home run for baseball and history lovers, and makes a great gift for both boys and girls.

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