The story of Jackie Robinson, bravest man in baseball /
Examines the life of the talented black athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Today many children dream of playing professional baseball. Perhaps you are one of them. If you have good athletic skills and you work hard, your dream may be...
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Yearling,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [1988] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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A Dell yearling biography. |
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Examines the life of the talented black athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Today many children dream of playing professional baseball. Perhaps you are one of them. If you have good athletic skills and you work hard, your dream may be realized. But this wasn't always true for athletes in the first part of this century. More was required. A player had to be white. Black players--no matter how well they could hit, catch, or throw--were not signed up by the major leagues. One brave black player named Jackie Robinson worked to change the "rules," so that all races could have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams on the baseball diamond--or anywhere. This is Jackie Robinson's story. |
Carrier Form: | 92 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780440400196 0440400198 |
Index Number: | GV865 |
CLC: | K837.125.47 |
Call Number: | K837.125.47/R662D-2 |