The Resource True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson, Kostya Kennedy
True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson, Kostya Kennedy
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- Summary
- "True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. Kennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero-a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 278 pages
- Contents
-
- Part one: Spring/1946
- Stance ; Montreal ; Before Montreal, Florida ; Montreal, midsummer ; Had Robinson gone early to Brooklyn ; A letter in Atlanta ; The last of Robinson's beginning ; Part two: Summer/1949
- Basepaths ; Brooklyn ; Georgia ; Brooklyn, the streets ; Feather ; St. Albans ; Part three: Autumn/1956
- Brooklyn ; Boundless ; Affinity ; Brooklyn ; Part four: Winter/1972
- Gifts ; Passages ; Los Angeles to Cincinnati ; Riverside ; The afterlife
- Foundation ; In present memory
- Isbn
- 9781250274045
- Label
- True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson
- Title
- True
- Title remainder
- the four seasons of Jackie Robinson
- Statement of responsibility
- Kostya Kennedy
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Civil rights | History
- African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Baseball -- History
- trueBaseball players
- Baseball players -- Biography
- Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueCivil rights
- trueRace relations in sports
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- trueBaseball history
- trueAfrican American baseball players
- African American baseball players -- Biography
- trueAfrican American history
- trueAfrican Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. Kennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero-a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 11055637
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kennedy, Kostya
- Dewey number
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- 796.357092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV865.R6
- LC item number
- K46 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
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- Robinson, Jackie
- Baseball players
- African American baseball players
- African Americans
- African Americans
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the four seasons of Jackie Robinson
- Label
- True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson, Kostya Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Spring/1946 -- Stance ; Montreal ; Before Montreal, Florida ; Montreal, midsummer ; Had Robinson gone early to Brooklyn ; A letter in Atlanta ; The last of Robinson's beginning ; Part two: Summer/1949 -- Basepaths ; Brooklyn ; Georgia ; Brooklyn, the streets ; Feather ; St. Albans ; Part three: Autumn/1956 -- Brooklyn ; Boundless ; Affinity ; Brooklyn ; Part four: Winter/1972 -- Gifts ; Passages ; Los Angeles to Cincinnati ; Riverside ; The afterlife -- Foundation ; In present memory
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250274045
- Lccn
- 2021057160
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1263341814
- 3640260
- Label
- True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson, Kostya Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Spring/1946 -- Stance ; Montreal ; Before Montreal, Florida ; Montreal, midsummer ; Had Robinson gone early to Brooklyn ; A letter in Atlanta ; The last of Robinson's beginning ; Part two: Summer/1949 -- Basepaths ; Brooklyn ; Georgia ; Brooklyn, the streets ; Feather ; St. Albans ; Part three: Autumn/1956 -- Brooklyn ; Boundless ; Affinity ; Brooklyn ; Part four: Winter/1972 -- Gifts ; Passages ; Los Angeles to Cincinnati ; Riverside ; The afterlife -- Foundation ; In present memory
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250274045
- Lccn
- 2021057160
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1263341814
- 3640260
Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights | History
- African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Baseball -- History
- trueBaseball players
- Baseball players -- Biography
- Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueCivil rights
- trueRace relations in sports
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- trueBaseball history
- trueAfrican American baseball players
- African American baseball players -- Biography
- trueAfrican American history
- trueAfrican Americans
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