What were the Negro Leagues?
(2019)
By:
Johnson, Varian
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Workshop, 2019
© 2019
© 2019
DESCRIPTION
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781544439853, 9781524789992 (hardcover), 9781524789985 (pbk.), 9781524789992, 1524789992, 9781524789985, 1524789984, 9781544439853, 1544439857
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
"An official WhoHQ book"--Page 1 of cover
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
"Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s." --
Ages: 8-12 years
1030L