Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier - Softcover

Frommer, Harvey

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9780878333127: Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878333126 ISBN 13: 9780878333127

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003

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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. Now in a new paperback edition!

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About the Author:

Harvey Frommer has written 29 books and over 600 artivcles, mostly on sports subjects. The author of the classic New York City Baseball: 1947-1957 and the bestselling Throwing Heat, Nolan Ryan's autobiography, he is professor of English in the City University of New York. Frommer lives with his family in North Woodmere, Long Island.

Review:

Mr. Harvey Frommer, a friend of the NLBPA, has published another great book . . .

A vivid account of the two as genuine American heroes. (Washington Post)

One of the best . . . brutally honest with no punches pulled. (Amsterdam News)

A fine and sympathetic biography. (Library Journal)

Interesting and exciting book. (Jersey Journal)

Thorough research, a vivid account. (Chicago Tribune)

A celebration, a nostalgic account. (EBONY)

Pleasant, upbeat look at this unusual pair. (Kirkus Reviews)

I've read more than a dozen books on the Rickey/Robinson tandem and I must say that Frommer's is the best structured. He brings Robinson's persona alive, proving why he was the first black man selected to break the racial barrier. (Art Rust Jr. Black Issues Book Review)

Just a terrific book. It fills in so many of the blanks about the story of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. It's like a history lesson. And the intro by Monte Irvin puts it over the top. . . . highly recommended. (Billy Sample, host, Major League Baseball Radio)

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