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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jackie Robinson; Jackie Robinson |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jules Tygiel |
| ISBN: | 9780195339284 : 0195339282 |
| OCLC Number: | 166367478 |
| Notes: | "Expanded edition"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xii, 415 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Early innings. The crucible of white hot competition ; Twilight ere the noon ; The conspiracy of silence ; Oh, they were are pair! ; It won't work out! -- Runs, hits, and errors. If they come here, they can't play ; Il a gagné ses épaulettes ; They don't want me? ; The most costly trial ever given a player ; A lone Negro in the game -- Extra innings. Remember, all out boys can't be a Robinson ; A Paul Bunyan in Technicolor ; The only thing I wanted to do was hit the major leagues ; The unwritten law of the South ; With all deliberate speed ; They've just got to forget they're Black ; Baseball has done it. |
| Other Titles: | Baseball's great experiment : |
| Responsibility: | Jules Tygiel ; [with a new afterword]. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 2345 |
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