A Negro League Scrapbook

A Negro League Scrapbook
Carole Boston Weatherford, Buck O'Neil
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Paperback
h216 x 279mm - 48pg
30 Aug 2022 US
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9781635928358
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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. 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.
"Weatherford has collected a wealth of information and memorabilia from the earliest days through the Leagues' demise in 1963. . . . one doesn' t need to be a baseball fan to be fascinated. " -Kirkus Reviews "An engaging overview, richly augmented by archival photographs. . . this title succeeds as a thoughtful introduction, capturing both the significance of the Negro Leagues and the accomplishments of its great players. " -School Library Journal "Public and school libraries will want to add this to their collections, as material on the Negro Leagues is fairly scarce for this age group. " -Library Media Connection
New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford' s 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable- The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner Box; and the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer,and Moses. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Visit cbweatherford. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781635928358
Published: 30 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 279mm
Weight: 369g
Pages: 48

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