(xi) 240 pp. Quarter-bound in green cloth on beige boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Dj art by John Maddalone. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: The Meeting; Pasadena: The Making of an All-American; Ohio: Pioneer Stock; St. Louis; Building Days in Brooklyn; The Color Bar Drops; The Signing; Number 42; The Mahatma in Charge; Changing Roles; Speaking Out; Winding Down; and The Final Years; followed by Appendices: Box Score of Jackie Robinson's First Game; Jackie Robinson's Playing Record; Branch Rickey's Playing Record; and Branch Rickey's Managing Record; followed by an index. Size: 8vo.

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Title

RICKEY AND ROBINSON - The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier

Publisher

Macmillan Publishing, New York

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0025416804

ISBN 13

9780025416802

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

John Maddalone;

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Sports - Baseball

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Traces the lives of Jackie Robinson, the first Black to play in the major leagues, and Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager who was committed to breaking baseball's color barrier

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