Table of Contents for Jackie Robinson : A Biography

Series Foreword

vii

Introduction

ix

Timeline: Events in the Life of Jackie Robinson

xiii

Childhood, 1919--1936

1

(14)

College Man, 1936--1941

15

(16)

The Battle of Camp Hood, 1941--1944

31

(10)

Baseball Calling, 1945--1946

41

(16)

Breaking Barriers, 1947

57

(14)

The Jackie Robinson Dodgers, 1948--1951

71

(18)

The Boys of Summer, 1952--1954

89

(14)

Triumph and Decline, 1955--1956

103

(14)

Business and Politics, 1957--1962

117

(14)

Hall of Famer, 1962--1968

131

(14)

Heartbreak, 1969--1972

145

(6)

Appendix: Jackie Robinson's Batting Statistics

151

(2)

Further Reading

153

(4)

Index

157