Title |
Game changer John McLendon and the secret game
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Names |
Coy, John.
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Book Number |
DB084841
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Recounts the secret 1944 basketball game between the North Carolina College of Negroes team, the Eagles, and the Duke University Medical School team. Prohibited to play each other because of segregation, Duke was finally introduced to the fast-break playing style led by Eagles' Coach McLendon--revolutionizing the game. For grades K-3. 2015.
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Narrator |
Pyle, Andy.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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Juvenile Book - JU
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History - HST
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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Sports & Recreation - SPO
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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For grades K-3.
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LC Subject |
African American basketball coaches - Juvenile literature
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Basketball coaches - United States - Juvenile literature
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Basketball - North Carolina - Durham - Juvenile literature
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Discrimination in sports - United States - Juvenile literature
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Downloadable books
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Nonfiction
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Talking books
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Call Number |
j796.323077 JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2016
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2016 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Picture Books, [2015] 9781467726047
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