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Title:

BEYOND HOME PLATE
JACKIE ROBINSON ON LIFE AFTER BASEBALL

By:

Michael Long

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0815610017

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9780815610014

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Publisher:

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 September, 2012

Pages:

248

Language:

English, Multiple languages

Description:

Collects the columns which baseball legend Jackie Robinson wrote for the New York Post and the New York Amsterdam News, as well as excerpts of letters between Robinson and politicians such as Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. The brevity of the columns and Robinson's vivid imagery and compelling voice make this an absorbing and very moving read.

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This book collects the columns which baseball legend Jackie Robinson wrote for the New York Post and the New York Amsterdam News, as well as excerpts of letters between Robinson and politicians such as Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. The brevity of the columns and Robinson's vivid imagery and compelling voice make this an absorbing and very moving read.

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Syracuse University Press

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