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Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball

Author: Scott Simon
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, ©2002.
Series: Turning points (John Wiley & Sons)
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The NPR Weekend Edition broadcaster recounts the 1947 integration of major league baseball, capturing the drama of Jackie Robinson's first year in baseball.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Simon, Scott.
Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2002
(OCoLC)606893002
Named Person: Jackie Robinson; Jackie Robinson
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Scott Simon
ISBN: 047126153X 9780471261537 9780470170410 0470170417
OCLC Number: 50123244
Description: vii, 168 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Hero --
Steaming home --
Brooklyn, 1947 --
Barred in Boston --
Mr. Rickey's little list --
"Oh, What a pair, those two!" --
Minor leaguer --
The season --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments, notes, and thanks.
Series Title: Turning points (John Wiley & Sons)
Other Titles: Jackie Robinson
Responsibility: Scott Simon.
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This book, part of the new Turning Points series, features Scott Simon writing about Jackie Robinson's dramatic and seminal first year in baseball. As Simon, the host of NPR's Weekend Edition  Read more...

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