Full name: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Author: Kadir Nelson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Award winners Culture: African-American Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781437969535 9780786808328 0786808322

Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by the author. Similar books: Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof Only the Ball Was White by Robert Peterson Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome No Disrespect by Sister Souljah Faces At The Bottom Of The Well by Derrick Bell A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew A. Henson Stokely by Peniel E. Joseph The House at the End of the Road by W. Ralph Eubanks The Arm by Jeff Passan Out of My League by George Plimpton Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry Baseball in the Garden of Eden by John Thorn Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning by Jonathan Mahler The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski Let Them Play by Margot Theis Raven Summer of '49 by David Halberstam Catching the Moon by Crystal Hubbard Hardball by Daniel Coyle Crazy '08 by Cait Murphy