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Genre/Form: | Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter Dean Myers |
ISBN: | 0439445728 9780439445726 |
OCLC Number: | 58540722 |
Notes: | "Birmingham, Alabama, 1948"--Cover. "Biddy Owens is a fictional character, created by the author, and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction."--Colophon. |
Description: | 139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Series Title: | My name is America. |
Responsibility: | by Walter Dean Myers. |
Abstract:
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.
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