Bibliograph

Opening day, the story of Jackie Robinson's first season, Jonathan Eig

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Opening day, the story of Jackie Robinson's first season, Jonathan Eig

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Opening day

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

79002439175285156

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Eig

Sub title

the story of Jackie Robinson's first season

Summary

From Robinson's preseason call-up by Brooklyn's legendary GM, Branch Rickey, to the 1947 World Series, in which the Dodgers took the Yankees to a seventh game (Brooklyn lost), Eig details the dynamics of Robinson's hard-earned acceptance by teammates, the well-chronicled abuse Robinson took from opposing fans and players, the response of local and out-of-town press, and the impact the season had on Robinson's family and on African Americans

Table Of Contents

Jack Roosevelt Robinson -- Some good colored players -- The uprising -- Opening day -- Up in Harlem -- The Brown bomber -- Cardinal sins -- The great road trip -- Tearing up the pea patch -- Pee-wee's embrace -- The glorious crusade -- A smile of almost painful joy -- Up and down Macdonough Avenue -- A real gone guy -- A good thing for everyone? -- The poison pen -- The unbeatable yanks -- Dixie Walker's dilemma -- The footsteps of enos 'country' slaughter -- Shadow dancing -- We aren't afraid? -- Wait till next year

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