Teammates
- ISBN-10
- 0152842861
- ISBN-13
- 9780152842864
- Series
- Teammates
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Peter Golenbock
Description
Golenbock describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.
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