Rickey & Robinson : the true, untold story of the integration of baseball
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 796.357 K128r | On Shelf |
Southeast - Adult Non-Fiction | 796.357 K128r | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Rickey, Branch, -- 1881-1965.
Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Rickey, Branch, -- 1881-1965.
Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972.
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Published
New York, NY : Rodale, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"In Rickey & Robinson, legendary sportswriter Roger Kahn at last reveals the true, unsanitized account of the integration of baseball, a story that for decades has relied on inaccurate secondhand reports. This story contains exclusive reporting and personal reminiscences that no other writer can produce, including revelatory material he'd buried in his notebooks in the '40s and '50s, back when sportswriters were still known to "protect" players and baseball executives. That starts first and foremost with an in-depth examination of the two men chiefly responsible for making integration happen: Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson. Considering Robinson's exalted place in American culture (as evidenced by the remarkable success of the recent biopic), the book's eye-opening revelations are sure to generate controversy as well as conversation. No other sportswriter working today carries Kahn's authority when writing about this period in baseball history, and the publication of this book, Kahn's last, is a true literary event. In Rickey & Robinson, Kahn separates fact from myth to present a truthful portrait of baseball and its participants at a critical juncture in American history"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kahn, R. (2014). Rickey & Robinson: the true, untold story of the integration of baseball . Rodale.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kahn, Roger. 2014. Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball. Rodale.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kahn, Roger. Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball Rodale, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kahn, Roger. Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball Rodale, 2014.
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