Jackie Robinson
Baseball Great & Civil Rights Activist
Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Co., [2009]
Format: Book
Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Describes the life and career of Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American to play major league baseball, breaking the color barrier of professional sports in the United States.
Series: Essential lives.
Contents:
Breaking the color barrier -- Life in Georgia -- California and its challenges -- Growing up and getting out -- Entering a world at war -- The negro leagues -- In the minors -- Breaking into the majors -- On his own -- The final years.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781604535266
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Robinson, Jackie | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/18/2024) |
"Essential library"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103, 106-109) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103, 106-109) and index.