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What were the Negro Leagues? Cover Image Book Book

What were the Negro Leagues?

Johnson, Varian (author.). Marchesi, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary: Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781524789992
  • ISBN: 1524789992
  • ISBN: 9781524789985
  • ISBN: 1524789984
  • ISBN: 9781544439853
  • ISBN: 1544439857
  • ISBN: 9781524790004
  • ISBN: 1524790001
  • ISBN: 9781524790004
  • Physical Description: print
    108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2019.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Formatted Contents Note: What were the Negro Leagues? -- The beginning of baseball -- The first black pro teams -- Early black baseball stars -- The father of black baseball -- A league of their own -- The Negro Leagues grow -- The second Negro national League -- The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays -- The great experiment -- Jackie Robinson -- The end of an era -- Their place in history -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Target Audience Note:
Ages: 8-12 years.

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