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Branch Rickey : a biography
- Title
- Branch Rickey : a biography / Murray Polner ; foreword by Branch B. Rickey.
- Author
- Polner, Murray.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 07-4469 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- v, 274 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the deadball era. Rickey made early use of statistical analysis and pressed for the expansion of major league baseball. He is best known for integrating organized baseball, at a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregated and the Civil Rights movement was years away"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-4469
- ISBN
- 9780786426430 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786426438 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007007619
- OCLC
- 85162266
- vendorOCM85162266
- Author
- Polner, Murray.
- Title
- Branch Rickey : a biography / Murray Polner ; foreword by Branch B. Rickey.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-4469