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Campy
The Story of Roy Campanella
David A. Adler - Author
Gordon James - Illustrator
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Book: Hardcover | 10.51 x 9.01in | 40 pages | ISBN 9780670060412 | 15 Mar 2007 | Viking Children's | 6 - AND UP years
Campy
Roy Campanella loved baseball. A professional player from the age of fifteen, he later became the first African-American catcher to integrate Major League Baseball. Fans and players adored Campy for his good nature, and cheered his multiple MVP awards as a Brooklyn Dodger. But in 1958, his career ended when a car accident left him a quadriplegic. Refusing to give in to self-pity, Campy became a Dodgers coach, held baseball clinics for teenagers, and bravely advocated for the disabled.

With honesty and affection, award-winning author David A. Adler tells the story—complemented by stunning oil paintings by Gordon C. James—of a man who was so much more than a sports hero.


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