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Jackie Robinson

9 Items Tagged With ‘Jackie Robinson’

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Opening Day

Opening Day

By Jonathan Eig

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets…

£9.99(Paperback)
Baseball's Great Experiment

Baseball's Great Experiment

By Jules Tygiel

When Jackie Robinson broke through baseball's colour barrier in the late 1940's, it shook the nation. This work is the classic account of that…

£12.99(Paperback)
After Jackie

After Jackie

By Cal Fussman

To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the breaking of baseball's color barrier, an exploration of Jackie Robinson’s impact and legacy by…

£15.99(Hardback)
Opening Day

Opening Day

By Jonathan Eig

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets…

£16.50(Hardback)
Carrying Jackie's Torch

Carrying Jackie's Torch

By Steve Jacobson

The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 through 1968 are…

£21.50(Hardback)
Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

By Bill Kirwin

For nearly fifteen years "NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture" has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history.…

£11.99(Paperback)
I Never Had It Made

I Never Had It Made

By Jackie Robinson

Before Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947,…

£8.99(Paperback)
Baseball's Great Experiment

Baseball's Great Experiment

By Jules Tygiel

When Jackie Robinson broke through baseball's colour barrier in the late 1940's, it shook the nation. This work is the classic account of that…

£13.99(Paperback)
I Never Had it Made

I Never Had it Made

By Jackie Robinson, Cornel West

Published to conincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking into the major leagues, this is more than just a baseball story - it…

£9.99(Paperback)
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