Amazing Baseball Heroes: Inspirational Negro League Stories

by Bryan Steverson

The legendary Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947 when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers. That same year he was chosen MLB's Rookie of the Year. The first African American to play in the major league since the late 19th century, Robinson lead a distinguished career on the diamond, ultimately being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Amazing Baseball Heroes profiles twenty American baseball...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932604812
• ISBN13: 9781932604818
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Tennessee Valley Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"