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

hardcover – July 22, 2002
by Green, Michelle Y.
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ISBN-13: 9780803726611 ISBN-10: 0803726619
Publisher
Dial Books
Binding
hardcover
Published
July 22, 2002
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
21.60×1.90×15.20 cm

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A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards)) by Green, Michelle Y.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780803726611.

Mamie Johnson looks the batter in the eye. Sizes him up for a curve- or a fastball. Stretches her 52" frame. And pops a surefire, windup, coming-right-at-ya pitch smack dab over the plate. One that lets the batter know that this "peanut of a girl" means business. Fueled by her passion for the game and buoyed by the inspiration of Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. From the time she insists on trying out for the all-male all-white Police Athletic League team until she becomes one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues, this biography of Mamie Johnsons life shows that courage-and a fierce curveball-can make a childhood dream come true. Illustrated with nineteen black-and-white photographs.