First in the field : baseball hero Jackie Robinson

Title
: 
First in the field : baseball hero Jackie Robinson

Author
: 
Dingle, Derek T.

ISBN
: 
9780786803484

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Hyperion Book for Children, c1998.

Physical Description
: 
48 p.: ill. ; 28 cm.

Reading Level
: 
1040 L Lexile

Personal Subject
: 
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.

Subject Term
: 
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
 
African American baseball players -- Biography.
 
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Summary
: 
A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Stillwater Public LibraryJ 921 ROBINSONNonfiction Collection