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The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues /
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| Author |
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
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| Call Number |
jFIC MYE |
| Publisher |
New York : Scholastic, |
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Subject
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Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
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Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) -- Fiction.
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African Americans
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Baseball stories
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Negro leagues -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Segregation -- Fiction.
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Prejudices -- Fiction.
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Diaries -- Fiction.
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Juvenile literature.
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| 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 |
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0439445728 (pbk) |
| LCCN |
00044667 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
755642 |