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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. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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 Saturday with Scott Simon, once said: "No athlete performed at a higher level through greater stress than Jackie Robinson.".
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