02367cam a2200517Ia 4500 blackdiamond00patr CaSfIA 20250721044835.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 990122r19981994nyua cob 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)1028726708 DVA eng DVA OCL LEO BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG BNY BDX SPB OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO CaSfIA 059068213X (pbk.) 9780590682138 (pbk.) n-us--- GV875.A1 M35 1994 796.3570973 21 McKissack, Pat, 1944- Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues / Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. New York : Scholastic, ©1994 (1998 printing) 1 online resource (184 pages : illustrations) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "First Scholastic paperback printing, September 1998"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 178) and index. Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell. Play ball -- Out of the ballpark -- Batter up! -- Bases loaded -- The lineup -- You're out! -- Black diamonds -- Foul ball -- Away games -- Bottom of the ninth -- A winning season -- The close of the Negro Leagues. Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1995. Negro leagues History Juvenile literature. Baseball United States History Juvenile literature. Negro leagues History. Baseball History. African Americans Biography. Baseball. fast (OCoLC)fst00827904 Negro leagues. fast (OCoLC)fst01035591 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637 McKissack, Fredrick, Jr. https://archive.org/details/blackdiamond00patr Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7542835M Additional information and access via Open Library blackdiamond00patr ark:/13960/t1mg8qz93