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Item Details
| Title:
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JACKIE ROBINSON
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| By: |
Susan Muaddi Darraj |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0791098486 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780791098486 |
| Publisher: |
FACTS ON FILE INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2008 |
| Series: |
Baseball Superstars |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Before 1947, professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of American society: Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leagues, rather than in Major League Baseball. But on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed history. This biography traces the phenomenal rise of this American icon. |
| Synopsis: |
This is an insightful biography of the man who crossed and conquered the color barrier in baseball.Before 1947, professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of American society: Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leagues, rather than in Major League Baseball. But on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed history by becoming the first African American to play on a Major League team. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and managed by visionary Branch Rickey, Robinson spent 10 seasons in the major leagues, during which time the Dodgers won six pennants. Robinson was a six-time All-Star, the National League Rookie of the Year in 1947, and the National League MVP in 1949. This fully illustrated, highly readable biography traces the phenomenal rise of this all-American icon. |
| Illustrations: |
24 full-colour & black-&-white photographs, index, bibliography, glossary, |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Checkmark Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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