Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell and Clearview, the Only Golf Course Designed, Built, and Owned by an African American (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781585364664)

To nine-year-old Willie Powell, there was no prettier sight than the smooth grass lawns of Edgewater Golf Cource. He had been so eager to see them that he'd run seven miles to where the course was situated outside of town. But his elation didn't last. When he asked two golfers if they'd teach him the game, one man responded by saying, 'Son, didn't anyone ever tell you that your kind is not welcome here?' In the 1920's there was no place for Willie, or any black person, on a golf cource. It was a game for white people only, at least in America. But his enthusiasm for golf and his belief in what he knew to be right drove Willie Powell to change that, and to change minds.

Author: Richard Michelson
ISBN-10: 1585364665
ISBN-13: 9781585364664
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2012
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.20w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 149504 / Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell and Clearview, the Only Golf Course Designed, Built, and

Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Recommended

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2012
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 82
School Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 104