Winter, Jonah

Presents a biography of Willie Mays, detailing his athletic career and outlining his accomplishments as a professional baseball player. Includes color illustrations.

Presents a picture book biography of pitcher Sandy Koufax, examining his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his relationship with his teammates, the discrimination he faced as a Jewish player, and his determination to succeed.

He could run from home plate to first base in 2.9 seconds. He could hit a ball 540 feet - the longest home run in Major League history. He was the greatest switch-hitter ever to play the game. And he did it all despite broken bones, pulled muscles, strains, and sprains, from his shoulders to his feet.

What if you were born into slavery in 1805? And what if the man who owned you...was also your father? And what if he were one of the most important men in America? And what if he wanted the fact that you were his son kept a secret? Such was the world of James Madison Hemings. This is his story.

Chronicles the life and career of the baseball legend, from his childhood in San Francisco to his fifty-six-game hitting streak.

Text and illustrations look at the life and career of baseball's Casey Stengel.

Looks at the life and career of Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton.

As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.

Presents brief biographies and quick facts of fourteen men who created the Constitution of the United States.