Josh Gibson
From the Series Sports Heroes and Legends
Think you know all there is to know about Josh Gibson? Well, did you know that Gibson made 75 home runs in 1931? Did you know that Gibson’s home runs often soared more than 500 feet? In spite of his talent, Gibson never played for a major league baseball team? Josh Gibson is known to many as one of the best baseball players―and possibly the best hitter, of all time. For many years, baseball fans overlooked Gibson’s accomplishments because he was never able to play in the major leagues. When Gibson played baseball in the 1930s and 1940s, African Americans were not allowed to play on major league teams. As a member of two of the best Negro league teams―the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays―Gibson’s celebrity grew. According to legend, Gibson was the only ballplayer to ever hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. While that story has never been proven and the details are uncertain, Gibson’s reputation as a power hitter and outstanding ballplayer is fact.
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978-0-7613-6364-4
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$28.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 5 - Grade 12 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 6 |
| Category | Sports |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Twenty-First Century Books ™ |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2010-08-01 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007100, JNF007050 |
| Dewey | 796.358092 |
| Graphics | 1-color illustrations |
| ATOS Reading Level | 7.2 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 138952 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 3.0 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Sidebars, Source notes, and Table of contents |
Author: Carrie Golus
Carrie Golus has been a freelance writer since 1991. She has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, as well as website content, brochures, video scripts, press releases, and the text for a museum exhibition. She holds a BA and a MA in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. She has written several biographies for young readers.