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Skead, Robert.
Subjects
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Something to prove :...
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Skead, Robert.
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Something to prove : the great Satchel Paige vs. rookie Joe DiMaggio / Robert Skead ; illustratIons by Floyd Cooper.
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Skead, Robert.
Carolrhoda Books, c2013.
Call #:
796
.3570922
S627s
Subjects
Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780761366195 (hbk.)
0761366199 (hbk.)
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
In 1936, the New York Yankees wanted to test a hot prospect named Joe DiMaggio to see if he was ready for the big leagues. They knew just the ballplayer to call, Satchel Paige, the best pitcher anywhere, black or white. For the game, Paige joined a group of amateur African-American players, and they faced off against a team of white major leaguers plus young DiMaggio.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Cooper, Floyd.
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Children's Black Nonfiction
796.3570922 S627s
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Children's Black Nonfiction
796.3570922 S627s
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Children's Black Nonfiction
796.3570922 S627s
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Children's Black Nonfiction
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