| Author |
Cox, Joe, 1980- author.
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| Publication |
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019]
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| Description |
pages cm |
| Call # |
796.357 ROBINSON C |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Rachel Robinson: you know doggone well you've got a girl? -- Attendance, Jesus, and America: the motivations of Branch Rickey -- Tricky navigation: Happy Chandler, Jim Crow, and Jackie Robinson -- Wendell Smith and the power of the press -- Clyde Sukeforth and the residue of design -- Kindly old Burt Shotton: I cannot possibly hurt you -- Men and brothers: Red Barber and Jackie Robinson -- Pee Wee Reese: standing by me -- Dixie Walker: I feel like I've learned. |
| Summary |
"A biography about baseball legend Jackie Robinson featuring figures whose lives were altered by "the great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called during his time"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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Negro leagues -- History.
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| Related To |
Online version: Cox, Joe, 1980- author. Fine team man Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019] 9781493039050 (DLC) 2018050962 |
| ISBN |
9781493039043 : |
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1493039040 : |
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