Reggie (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Reggie Jackson
- First Published: 1984
- Time of Work: 1947–1982
- Setting: Pennsylvania, Arizona, New York, and California
- Principal Characters: Reggie Jackson, Martinez Jackson, Gary Walker, Charles Finley, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, Frank Kush, Jennie Campos
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, Autobiography, Marriage, Baseball, Athletes, Sports, Sportsmanship
- Locales: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona
Form and Content
In the prologue to Reggie: The Autobiography, Reggie Jackson recounts his first homecoming to Yankee Stadium after signing with the California Angels. Five years of turbulence in pinstripes had left him with mixed feelings about New York. With Jackson at the end of his career and batting only .173, this game on April 27, 1982, was to provide a career test for a man who always had struggled, searching for the inner mastery that enabled him to rise to an occasion. From this moment of self-doubt and the dramatic home run that followed, Jackson launches into...
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