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Item Details
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RICKEY AND ROBINSON
THE MEN WHO BROKE BASEBALL'S COLOR BARRIER |
| By: |
Harvey Frommer, Monte Irvin, Monte Irvin (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0878333126 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780878333127 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
17 April, 2003 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
A dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history. |
| Synopsis: |
Blending exclusive interviews with Rachel Robinson, Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey and heralded baseball player Jackie Robinson to describe how they worked together to shatter baseball's color line. Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history. To this day, their bravery and determination continues to shape the sociological perspectives of the sports world. Now in a new paperback edition! |
| Illustrations: |
14 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Taylor Trade Publishing |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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