Jackie Robinson (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Rampersad
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1919-1972
- Setting: Pasadena, California, and Brooklyn, New York
- Principal Characters: Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, Rachel Isum Robinson, Mallie Robinson, Wesley Branch Rickey, Harold “Pee Wee” Reese, Mack Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jr.
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Civil rights, Segregation or integration, Politics, Racism, Business or business people, Military life or service, Baseball, Republican Party
- Locales: Brooklyn, NY, Pasadena, CA
More than one hundred books, mostly biographies, mark the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic shattering of the color barrier in baseball. The accomplishments of the man and his team, the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950’s, already constituted well-trod ground, having been covered by some of the best baseball writing published in the twentieth century, including Roger Kahn’s The Boys of Summer (1972), Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment (1983), and Jackie Robinson’s own last publishing venture, I Never Had It Made (1972). The...
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