We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NELSON, Kadir. We Are the Ship. The Story of Negro League Baseball. Foreward by Hank Aaron. Square 8vo, [viii] 88pp. Light brown boards pictorially printed in black. Brown endpapers; color illustrations throughout. Minute rubbing to spine ends, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medals affixed). Signed by the author/artist, Caldecott Medalist Kadir Nelson.
First edition. 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner! Featuring nearly fifty iconic oil paintings and a dramatic double-page fold-out, a Sibert award-winning narrative, a gorgeous design and rich backmatter, We Are the Ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings just over a century ago through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049355
- Title
- We are the Ship
- Author
- Kadir Nelson
- Illustrator
- Kadir Nelson
- Format/Binding
- Light brown boards pictorially printed in black
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Square 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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