We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) (American Sports Histories #1)
by Kadir Nelson · illustrated by Kadir Nelson
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Features nearly fifty iconic oil paintings, and a dramatic double-page fold out illustration!
★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
★ Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award
★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
We Are the Ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes and determined team owners, of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship, of fortunes won and lost; of triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a perfect mirror for the social and political history of Black America in the first half of the twentieth century. But most of all, the story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball.
Additional content at the end includes an author’s note, index, and bibliography.
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The book, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) (American Sports Histories #1) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780786808328 in Hardcover by Kadir Nelson may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Kadir Nelson
- Language
- English
- Format
- Hardcover
- Published
- Jan 8, 2008
- Pages
- 96
- Reading Level
- Ages 8 to 12
- ISBN-13
- 9780786808328
- ISBN-10
- 0786808322
- Illustrator
- Kadir Nelson
- Carton quantity
- 17 copies
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