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Author:

Ritter, John H., 1951-

Title:

The desperado who stole baseball / John H. Ritter.

Publisher:

Puffin,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

257, 11 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Billy,--the Kid--Fiction.
Billy,--the Kid--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball--History--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Fiction.
Baseball--History--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--California--Juvenile fiction.
California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
California--History--1850-1950--Juvenile fiction.

Other Authors:

Ritter, John H., 1951- Boy who saved baseball.

Notes:

Prequel to: The boy who saved baseball. Includes discussion questions and an excerpt from the author's The boy who saved baseball. "First published in the United States of America by Philomel Books ... 2009"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

In 1881, the scrappy, rough-and-tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of a quick-witted twelve-year-old orphan and the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid to win a big game against the National League Champion Chicago White Stockings.

ISBN:

0142415073 (trade pbk.)
9780142415078 (trade pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)428024150

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)