| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Recounts the story of Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball on men's teams and reveals how far passion, pride, and determination can take one person in pursuit of a dream. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. |
| Contents |
A question of sin -- Miracle in Saint Paul -- Barnstorming with the colored giants -- Golden gate -- Finding the heart of the game -- On deck -- Number -- Keep on at it -- A baseball has 108 stitches -- Happiest day of my life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Stone, Toni, 1921-1996.
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Stone, Toni, 1921-1996. |
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Stone, Toni, 1921-1996. |
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball players. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African American baseball players -- Biography.
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African American baseball players. |
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Women baseball players -- United States.
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Women baseball players. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ackmann, Martha. Curveball. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2010 9781556527968 (DLC) 2010007019 (OCoLC)489009727 |
| ISBN |
9781569766705 electronic book |
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1569766703 electronic book |
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9781556527968 |
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1556527969 |
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