A strong right arm : the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
(2002)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/796.357/JOHNSON,M/GRE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2002]
©2002
©2002
EDITION
[Various editions]
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0803726619 (alk. paper), 1413117228, 0142400726, 9780142400722
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Also published: New York : Puffin Books, c2004 (111 p.)
The wall -- Carolina Summers -- Blackberry sky -- Knuckleball -- Long branch -- The tryout -- Bannecker field -- Change-up -- Full count -- Call me peanut -- Miller's field
Biography of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, one of only three women (so far) to play professional baseball. Johnson was a pitcher with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955. For grades 6-9
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