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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
Author
Series
Magic tree house ; 29
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--
6) Double play
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Burke is hired as bodyguard to a spoiled twenty-five year-old woman. This story intertwines with the story of baseball player, Jackie Robinson.
13) Luke goes to bat
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Luke is not very good at baseball, but his grandmother and sports star Jackie Robinson encourage him to keep trying.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front-and Robinson had a chance to lead the way.He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
David Falkner, noted author of five previous books about baseball, deftly portrays the rise to stardom of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play on a major-league team in baseball's modern era. As Falkner traces the development of Robinson's natural skill and tireless dedication, he focuses on the strengths that earned Robinson a unique place on the diamond and in the struggle for civil rights. This compelling biography illuminates a...