Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Jonathan Eig

ISBN 10: 0743294602 / ISBN 13: 9780743294607

Verlag: Simon & Schuster March 2007, 2007

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 69691

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A chronicle of the 1947 baseball season during which Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier is a sixtieth anniversary tribute based on interviews with Robinson's wife, daughter, and teammates that covers such topics as his relationship with fellow players, the St. Louis Cardinals' proposed boycott of the Dodgers, and Robinson's associate with segregated hotel roommate and sportswriter Wendell Smith. 125,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jonathan Eig is a former writer and editor for the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal and the former executive editor of Chicago magazine. He is the author of two highly acclaimed bestsellers, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season. Luckiest Man won the Casey Award for best baseball book of 2005, and Opening Day was selected as one of the best books of 2007 by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated. Mr. Eig lives in Chicago, half a mile from the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with his family.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's ...
Verlag: Simon & Schuster March 2007
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Used - very good