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The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues /
Author Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
Call Number jFIC MYE
Publisher New York : Scholastic,
Subject Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) -- Fiction.
African Americans
Baseball stories
Negro leagues -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Juvenile literature.
Title Statement The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers.
Edition 1st ed.
Description 139 p. : ill., ports., map ; 22 cm.
Notes "A Dear America book."
Summary Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
ISBN 0439095034
0439445728 (pbk)
LCCN 00044667
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Bib No. 755642
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