McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues / Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. - New York : Scholastic, c1994. - 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.

Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

ISBN: 0590458094 : $13.95 (higher in Canada)

LCCN: 93022691

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Negro leagues--History.
Baseball--History.
Afro-Americans--Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV875.A1 / M35 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 796.357/64/089073