William Wise

Louis Sockalexis

Native American Baseball Pioneer
Illustrator: Farnsworth, Bill

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Produktbeschreibung

Now in paperback, a biography of Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot Indian and the first Native American to play professional baseball, focusing on his formative years and culminating in an historic game at New York's Polo Grounds in 1897.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee & Low Books
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 6 bis 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 203mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9781600604287
• ISBN-10: 1600604285
• Artikelnr.: 25630963

Autorenporträt

Bill Wise, an avid baseball fan, is also the author of Lee & Low's Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy. Wise and his family live in Gorham, Maine. Bill Farnsworth is the illustrator of more than fifty children's books. His work has received numerous awards and honors, including Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, and selection for the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. Farnsworth's warmly-lit oil paintings gracefully illuminate the Maine landscape and Sockalexis's days on the baseball diamond. Farnsworth lives with his family in Venice, Florida. Visit him online at billfarnsworth.com.