Bibliograph

Branch Rickey, Jimmy Breslin

Type

Label

Branch Rickey, Jimmy Breslin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Branch Rickey

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

772429665

Responsibility statement

Jimmy Breslin

Series statement

A penguin life

Summary

A bestselling author remembers the man who integrated baseball. The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey. In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, changing the sport and the nation forever

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