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We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball

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2008

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Title:	We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
Author:	Nelson, Kadir, author, illustrator.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2008. ©2008
Description:	88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm.
Summary:	Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
Audience:	900 Lexile
Subjects:	Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature. African American baseball players -- Juvenile literature. Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN	9780786808328 (hc.)

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