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Author Williams, Andrea, author.

Title Baseball's leading lady : Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues / Andrea Williams.

Publication Info. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 92 MANLEY    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 MANLEY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen  BIOG. MANLEY, E. c.13105  Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB MANLEY    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  MB MANLEY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO MANLEY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  JB MANLEY EFFA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 796.357 MANLEY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J-B MANLEY, EFFA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J796.357 MAN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-321) and index.
Summary "The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents A rebel is born. Color lines -- Fields of dreams -- Strong arms -- A league of their own -- Negro improvement -- New negroes -- Reversal of fortune -- Fair play -- A winning team. Black in business. King(s) of diamonds -- Born again -- Making moves -- Trouble in paradise -- Speaking up -- Waging war -- Enemies and allies. A change is gonna come. Battle wounds -- Best-laid plans -- Crossing the line -- The thief of New York -- The Negro (Leagues) problem -- Flying high -- Champions at last -- Winning and losing -- The call -- The beginning of the end -- Effa's last stand -- Epilogue.
Audience Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press.
Grades 4-6 Roaring Brook Press.
Subject Manley, Effa, 1897-1981 -- Juvenile literature.
Negro leagues -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team) -- Juvenile literature.
Manley, Effa, 1897-1981.
Negro leagues -- History.
Baseball -- History.
Baseball team owners.
Women -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Newark Eagles (Baseball team)
Manley, Effa, 1897-1981. (OCoLC)fst00323215
Newark Eagles (Baseball team) (OCoLC)fst00687843
African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
Baseball team owners. (OCoLC)fst00828039
Negro leagues. (OCoLC)fst01035591
Women baseball team owners. (OCoLC)fst01200285
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
ISBN 9781250623720 (hardcover)
1250623723 (hardcover)
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