The Journal Of Biddy Owens : The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 (Dear America Series)

Author(s): Myers, Walter Dean

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Scholastic Inc.
Publication Year:	2001
Publication Place:	USA
Book ID:	000186
Catalogue(s):	Children's Books - Fiction ◇ Children's Books - Vintage

142pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Complete with fold out facsimile "Negro Leagues" flyer from 1948 bound in at rear (as issued). Journal written by the black teenager, Biddy Owens, when in 1948 he worked for the Birmingham Black Barons. Includes references to games and players, the racism the team encountered from New Orleans to Chicago, his parents' resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player; and a historical note on the evolution of baseball.

Keywords:

Baseball baseball history american history segregation race relations Black History