School & Library Binding
(Turtleback, Sept. 1, 1998)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Traces the history of the Negro leagues that evolved due to segregation in professional baseball up to the 1950s.
Describes the formation of the Negro Baseball Leagues and follows the careers of such legendary heroes as Cool Papa Bell and Satchel Paige, noting their contributions to segregated baseball history. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
"With amusing anecdotes and colorful quotes, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Jr., take the reader through the extraordinary history of the Negro Leagues, one of baseball's most moving and fascinating stories.
Library Binding
(Rebound by Sagebrush, Jan. 15, 1996)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Traces the history of the Negro leagues that evolved due to segregation in professional baseball up to the 1950s.