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Author Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014.

Title The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues / by Walter Dean Myers.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, 2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Nettels Fiction  F DEAR    ---  Available
 PCMS Historical Fiction  F DEAR AMERICA    ---  Available
 Westside Fiction  F DEA    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 141 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Series My name is America
Dear America
Note "A Dear America book"--Cover.
Summary 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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader ATOS RL 5.2 4.0 PCMS GNET WEST
Subject Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) -- Fiction.
Baseball -- Fiction.
Negro Leagues -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
ISBN 0439095034

 
    
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