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The fight of their lives : how Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption /

Title
The fight of their lives : how Juan Marichal and John Roseboro turned baseball's ugliest brawl into a story of forgiveness and redemption / John Rosengren.
Author
Rosengren, John,
Publication
  • Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Description
x, 277 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Examines the pivotal fight between Juan Marichal and John Roseboro in August 1965, exploring the mindsets of each player before, during, and after the brawl, and how the incident caused the two to unite against racial prejudices and become friends.
Subject
  • Baseball players > Violence against > United States
  • Marichal, Juan
  • Roseboro, John
  • Violence in sports > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9780762787128 (hbk.)
  • 0762787120 (hbk.)
LCCN
2013045554
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library