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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007. |
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| ISBN: |
9780743294607 0743294602 |
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| Call number: |
796.357 Robinson, J.R. EIG |
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| Physical description: |
x, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
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| Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents note: |
Jack Roosevelt Robinson -- Some good colored players -- The uprising -- Opening day -- Up in Harlem -- Praying for base hits -- Cardinal sins -- The great road trip -- Tearing up the pea patch -- Pee-wee's embrace -- The glorious crusade -- A smile of almost painful joy -- Up and down MacDonough Street -- A real gone guy -- A good thing for everybody -- The poison pen -- The unbeatable yanks -- Dixie Walker's dilemma -- The footsteps of Enos 'Country' Slaughter -- Shadow dancing -- We aren't afraid? -- And the World Series is over. |
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