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Author Morhard, Ruth Hanford, author.

Title Mrs. Morhard and the boys [large print] : One mother's vision. The first boys' baseball league. A nation inspired. / Ruth Hanford Morhard.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Large Print, 2019.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Large Print Non-Fiction  LP 796.357 Mor    ---  Available
Description 463 pages (large print) : illustrations (photos) ; 22 cm.
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Note "One mother's vision. The first boys' baseball league. A nation inspired."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "As the Great Depression brought America to the brink of disaster, a devoted single mother in Cleveland, Ohio, wrestled triumph out of adversity by creating a community activity that would inspire the nation. Josephine Morhard's daughter-in-law recounts the extraordinary life and accomplishments of the woman who established the first boys' baseball league in America"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Morhard, Josephine, 1891-1978
Cleveland Indians (Baseball team) -- History.
Little League baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
Baseball -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
Baseball coaches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
Large type books.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Ohio -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781643581514 (lg. print)

 
    
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