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Author Mellage, Nanette VanWright.

Title Coming home : a story of Josh Gibson, baseball's greatest home run hitter / by Nanette Mellage ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.

Imprint Mahwah, N.J. : Troll/BridgeWater, c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography  J BIO Gibson    ---  Available
Description [32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Summary A grandfather shares with his grandson how Josh Gibson hit more home runs than Mark McGwire but was never allowed to play in the Major Leagues, and he died four months before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
Source Pritchett 6/2001 PPLY
Subject Gibson, Josh, 1911-1947.
Baseball -- History.
Baseball players -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Added Author Van Wright, Cornelius, illustrator.
Hu, Ying-Hwa, illustrator.
Added Title Story of Josh Gibson, baseball's greatest home run hitter
ISBN 0816770093

 
    
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