Ritter, John H.,  1951- <br/><br/>
The desperado who stole baseball / 
John H. Ritter. 
 - New York :  Philomel Books,  c2009. 
 - 260 p. :  ill., map ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> In 1881, the scrappy, rough-and-tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of a quick-witted twelve-year-old orphan and the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid to win a big game against the National League Champion Chicago White Stockings. Prequel to: The boy who saved baseball. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399246647 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008016901 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Billy, the Kid --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Baseball--History--Fiction.<br/>Orphans--Fiction.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--California--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.R5148  / De 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]