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Fair Ball!: 14 Great Stars from Baseball's Negro Leagues
32 pp.
| Scholastic |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-590-39464-9$$15.95
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4-6
This slice of baseball history consists of one-page summaries of the accomplishments--but almost no biographical information--of stars from the Negro Leagues, accompanied by colorful full-page baseball-card-like portraits of the players. Although too brief to satisfy curious young readers, this may encourage them to read further.