Jackie Robinson (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Maury Allen
- First Published: 1987
- Time of Work: 1919–1972
- Setting: California and New York
- Principal Characters: Jackie Robinson, Mallie Robinson, Willa Mae Robinson, Mack Robinson, Rachel Robinson, Branch Rickey, Pee Wee Reese, Joe Black, Don Newcombe
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, Segregation or integration, Racism, Prejudices or antipathies, Baseball, Athletes, Sports, Biography
- Locales: California, New York
Form and Content
Ravaged by the complications of diabetes, Jackie Robinson, the man who desegregated major league baseball in 1947, died within two weeks of his appearance at the 1972 World Series. Not quite fifteen years later, a young African-American outfielder, Vince Coleman, said, “I don’t know nothing about no Jackie Robinson.” From this point on, Maury Allen’s Jackie Robinson: A Life Remembered follows a chronological format as he informs Coleman and the many others about what made Robinson an admirable human being and a Hall-of-Fame ballplayer.
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