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Branch Rickey
- Title
- Branch Rickey / Jimmy Breslin.
- Author
- Breslin, Jimmy.
- Publication
- New York : Viking, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 | JFC 11-177 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 147 p.; 20 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- A penguin life
- Uniform Title
- Penguin lives series.
- Subject
- Note
- "A Lipper/Viking book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147).
- Call Number
- JFC 11-177
- ISBN
- 9780670022496 (hbk.)
- 0670022497 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010035008
- OCLC
- 650210636
- Author
- Breslin, Jimmy.
- Title
- Branch Rickey / Jimmy Breslin.
- Imprint
- New York : Viking, 2011.
- Series
- A penguin lifePenguin lives series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147).
- Research Call Number
- JFC 11-177