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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Rampersad, Arnold. Jackie Robinson. New York : Knopf, c1997 (OCoLC)608979650 |
| Named Person: | Jackie Robinson |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Arnold Rampersad |
| ISBN: | 0679444955 9780679444954 9780307291462 0307291464 |
| OCLC Number: | 36528141 |
| Description: | x, 512 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | In pharaoh's land: Cairo, Georgia (1919-1920) -- A Pasadena boyhood (1920-1937) -- Pasadena Junior College (1937-1939) -- Blue and gold at UCLA (1939-1941) -- Jack in the world at war (1941-1944) -- A Monarch in the Negro leagues (1944-1946) -- A royal entrance (1946) -- A Brooklyn Dodger (1946-1947) -- A most valuable player (1947-1950) -- Free at last (1950-1952) -- Dodging blows, fighting back (1952-1955) -- The bottom of the ninth (1955-1957) -- Like starting over (1957-1960) -- A new frontier (1960-1964) -- On the killing ground (1964-1968) -- Rounding third (1968-1971) -- Heading home (1971-1972) -- Epilogue (1997). |
| Responsibility: | Arnold Rampersad. |
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Abstract:
Details the life of the first African American to play baseball in the major-leagues, Jackie Robinson.
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