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Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf Hardcover - 2018
by Churnin, Nancy
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
Charlie Sifford loved golf, but in the 1930s only white people were allowed to play in the Professional Golf Association. He was determined to break the color barrier in the PGA. In 1960 he did, only to face more discrimination. But Sifford kept playing, becoming the first black golfer to win a PGA tournament. Full color.
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- Title Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf
- Author Churnin, Nancy
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Albert Whitman & Company
- Date 2018
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0807511285.G
- ISBN 9780807511282 / 0807511285
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 10.1 x 8.2 x 0.5 in (25.65 x 20.83 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 810
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Themes
- Character Trait: Determination
- Character Trait: Perseverance
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects Golfers - United States, Discrimination in sports - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017049917
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- Booklist, 12/15/2017, Page 94
- Foreword, 12/26/2017, Page 0
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2017, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 11/20/2017, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2018, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 01/12/2018, Page 0
