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Author:

Wise, Bill, 1958-

Title:

Louis Sockalexis : Native American baseball pioneer / by Bill Wise ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lee & Low Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

[31] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Sockalexis, Louis,--1871-1913.
Baseball players--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Indian baseball players--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Sockalexis, Louis,--1871-1913.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Indian baseball players--Biography.

Other Authors:

Farnsworth, Bill, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references. "A biography of Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis, who pursued his childhood love of baseball and eventually joined the Major Leagues, where he faced racism and discrimination with humility and courage as the first Native American to play professional baseball."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1600604285 (pbk.)
9781600604287 (pbk.)
9781584302698 (reinforced)
1584302690 (reinforced)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70131077

LCCN:

2006017730

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

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UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

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