McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues / Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. - New York : Scholastic, 1998, c1994. - 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.

Book Links Horn Book Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Bookguide National Council For Social Studies Notable Children's Trade

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard, and James "Cool Papa" Bell.

5 4-7

059068213X $11.49

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Negro leagues--History--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--Juvenile literature.--United States
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball--History.
Afro-Americans--Biography.
Baseball--History
African Americans--Biography

GV875.A1 / M35 1998

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