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Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934
By
Frank Morrison (illustrator) and
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Atheneum
Publication date
January 3, 2012
Pages
106
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689866388
ISBN-10
0689866380
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$14.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Meet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and other baseball heroes in this unique radio broadcast reenactment of a legendary All-Star Game, marking a pivotal time in sports history.
1934, Chicago. Come step back in time to witness the best of the best Negro League players take each other on in one of the most fascinating All-Star ballgames in American history.
Using a unique radio broadcast transcript, Coretta Scott King Award Winner Charles R. Smith, Jr. has recreated this momentous event with a lively play-by-play retelling of the second annual Negro League East-West Game. Meet legendary players like Satchel Paige, Turkey Stearness, and Cool Pappa Bell, hang in the stands with the fans, and experience this exhilarating untold, true storyâwith a lyrical twist.
Stars in the Shadows is a must-have for any baseball aficionado or anyone interested in forgotten history. Beautifully packaged and with incredible black-and-white illustrations by Frank Morrison, this is a rare and extraordinary book.
1934, Chicago. Come step back in time to witness the best of the best Negro League players take each other on in one of the most fascinating All-Star ballgames in American history.
Using a unique radio broadcast transcript, Coretta Scott King Award Winner Charles R. Smith, Jr. has recreated this momentous event with a lively play-by-play retelling of the second annual Negro League East-West Game. Meet legendary players like Satchel Paige, Turkey Stearness, and Cool Pappa Bell, hang in the stands with the fans, and experience this exhilarating untold, true storyâwith a lyrical twist.
Stars in the Shadows is a must-have for any baseball aficionado or anyone interested in forgotten history. Beautifully packaged and with incredible black-and-white illustrations by Frank Morrison, this is a rare and extraordinary book.
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Hardcover
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With Charles R. Smith, Jr. |
from Atheneum (January 3, 2012)
9780689866388 | details & prices | 106 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $14.99
About: Meet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and other baseball heroes in this unique radio broadcast reenactment of a legendary All-Star Game, marking a pivotal time in sports history.
About: Meet Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and other baseball heroes in this unique radio broadcast reenactment of a legendary All-Star Game, marking a pivotal time in sports history.
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