A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards)) - Hardcover

Green, Michelle Y.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803726619 ISBN 13: 9780803726611

Verlag: Dial (Children), 2002

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Book by Green Michelle Y

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Reseña del editor:

Determined to become a professional baseball player, Mamie Johnson takes her fierce curve-ball to the all-white and all-male Police Athletic League tryouts and from there becomes one of only three women to ever play in the professional Negro Leagues.

Biografía del autor:

Michelle Y. Green is a graduate of the University of Maryland College of Journalism and the Johns Hopkins University Masters Program in Writing. She teaches "The Art of Writing for Children," and two other courses at The George Washington University School of Continuing Education.

Ms. Green is the author of A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie Peanut Johnson, the true story of the first woman to pitch professional baseball in a men’s league. She is also the author of the award-winning children’s book series, Willie Pearl, a book about her mother set in a Depression-era coal mining town.

Ms. Green lives with her two sons, Bryan and Evan, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, where she roots for her favorite team, the Baltimore Orioles.

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• Verlag: Dial (Children)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0803726619
• ISBN 13: 9780803726611
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 111