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First in the field : baseball hero Jackie Robinson /

A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dingle, Derek T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hyperion Book for Children, [1998]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972 > Juvenile literature.
Baseball players > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
African American baseball players.
Baseball players.
African Americans > Biography.
Description
Summary:A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Physical Description:48 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 48).
ISBN:0786803487 (tr)
0786822899 (lib)