Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Opening day

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

79002439

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Eig

Sub title

the story of Jackie Robinson's first season

Summary

World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned to play a position he had never tried before. But the biggest concern was his temper--Robinson was an angry man who played aggressively. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration. Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era.--From publisher description

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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