42 faith the rest of the Jackie Robinson story
"Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson's family and frien...
| Main Author: | Henry, Ed (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Nashville, Tennessee :
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- "I'm taking a chance here"
- Jackie in winter
- Rickey had a secret
- Jackie on a train
- "God will have to keep his eye on you"
- "I resolved not to be a doormat"
- Branch finds God
- Jackie meets Mr. Rickey
- No doubting Thomas
- "All Heaven will rejoice"
- The conversion of Clay Hopper
- No sleep till Brooklyn
- "Goose pimples" at Ebbets field
- Prayers for Jackie
- Uneasy alliance with Campy
- Losing Rickey
- "The Giants win the pennant!"
- "How do you like that garbage?!"
- Robinson traded to the ... Giants?
- Their belief in God's spirit
- "My son deserved better"
- "Carl, I pray for you every day"
- The last hurrah.