A Negro League Scrapbook, Carole Boston Weatherford
A Negro League Scrapbook, Carole Boston Weatherford
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A Negro League Scrapbook

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrator: Ezra Knight

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2014


Synopsis

Negro league baseball players didn't always get the respect that major leaguers received. And yet many-including Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Roy Campanella-quickly became standouts in the major leagues after 1947. Others didn't get to prove their mettle in the majors at all-or not until long past their prime. Leroy "Satchel" Paige mixed his blazing fastball with 29 other devastating pitches to win 42 games and strike out 402 batters in 1936. Credited with 175 stolen bases in one year, speedster James "Cool Papa" Bell delighted fans by scoring from first base on a bunt. And powered by steroid-free meals, Josh Gibson hit 75 homeruns in 1931-with one blast sailing 580 feet and another shattering a seat in Yankee Stadium. New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford compiles an enthralling summary of Negro league history that includes fascinating tidbits about prominent pitchers, hitters, utility players, teams, and traditions. "An engaging overview . especially successful in conveying the significance of the Negro leagues to the black community and in detailing the realities of segregation."-Library Journal "[This] is a thorough picture of the Negro leagues in all their sadness, pain, and glory. One doesn't need to be a baseball fan to be fascinated."-Kirkus Reviews "A lively presentation-give it credit for at least a triple."-Booklist

About Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Kin, illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children’s Book You Can Fly; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darlena on February 02, 2023

This book is a must have in my personal library! This book celebrates the Black Joy of the Negro League Baseball. It is almost like visiting the museum in Kansas City in a book! I love CBW's way of rhyming to tell a story in sparse, yet poetic and memorable verse. I love pictures, so this book reall......more

Goodreads review by wildct2003 on February 18, 2019

Rhyming couplets and lots of historical info.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 16, 2020

Sorry to see this book pulled from the shelves at Rockford Public Library.......more