A fine team man [electronic resource] : Jackie Robinson and the lives he touched / Joe Cox.
"A biography about baseball legend Jackie Robinson featuring figures whose lives were altered by "the great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called during his time"--
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| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press,
[2019]
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A Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Rachel Robinson: you know doggone well you've got a girl?
- Attendance, Jesus, and America: the motivations of Branch Rickey
- Tricky navigation: Happy Chandler, Jim Crow, and Jackie Robinson
- Wendell Smith and the power of the press
- Clyde Sukeforth and the residue of design
- Kindly old Burt Shotton: I cannot possibly hurt you
- Men and brothers: Red Barber and Jackie Robinson
- Pee Wee Reese: standing by me
- Dixie Walker: I feel like I've learned.