Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier
Harvey Frommer, "Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier"
2003 | ISBN: 0878333126 | 264 pages | EPUB | 4,5 MB
2003 | ISBN: 0878333126 | 264 pages | EPUB | 4,5 MB
Blending exclusive interviews with Rachel Robinson, Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey and heralded baseball player Jackie Robinson to describe how they worked together to shatter baseball's color line. Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history. To this day, their bravery and determination continues to shape the sociological perspectives of the sports world.