Who Was Jackie Robinson?
by Gail Herman
This book tells the inspiring story of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 and became the first African American player in Major League Baseball. Young readers will learn about his courage, athletic talent, and how he changed sports and America forever.
5th GradeSeries
About Gail Herman
Quackenbush is a surname of Dutch origin that is an Americanized form of the Dutch Quackenbosch. It is a toponymic surname from the Dutch kwak 'night heron' + bosch 'woodland wilderness'. The surname Quackenbosch is no longer found in the Netherlands. The family descends from 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Pieter Quackenbosch.
via WikipediaISBN: 9780448479545