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Jackie Robinson : a biography
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Jackie Robinson : a biography

Author: Mary Kay Linge
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Series: Greenwood biographies
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English
Summary: A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.
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Named Person: Jackie Robinson
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Mary Kay Linge
ISBN: 9780313338281 0313338280
OCLC Number: 85822676
Description: xvii, 163 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Childhood, 1919-1936 -- College man, 1936-1941 -- The battle of Camp Hood, 1941-1944 -- Baseball calling, 1945-1946 -- Breaking barriers, 1947 -- The Jackie Robinson Dodgers, 1948-1951 -- The boys of summer, 1952-1954 -- Triumph and decline, 1955-1956 -- Business and politics, 1957-1961 -- Hall of famer, 1962-1968 -- Heartbreak, 1969-1972.
Series Title: Greenwood biographies
Responsibility: Mary Kay Linge.
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A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.

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