Opening day the story of Jackie Robinson's first season
World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned t...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Opening day : |b the story of Jackie Robinson's first season / |c Jonathan Eig. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c c2007. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned to play a position he had never tried before. But the biggest concern was his temper--Robinson was an angry man who played aggressively. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration. Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era.--From publisher description. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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." | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Robinson, Jackie, |d 1919-1972. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Baseball players |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American baseball players |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Baseball |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Discrimination in sports | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Kanwal, Dr. Ram tribute | |
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