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Author:
Smolka, Bo, 1965-
Title:
Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier / by Bo Smolka.
Publisher:
Sportszonean imprint of Abdo Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Juvenile literature.
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972.
Baseball players--Biography.
United States.
Juvenile works.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
Contents:
Baseball's color barrier -- Rickey's "great experiment" -- "Well, this is it" -- Will he get the call? -- A major test -- Jackie Robinson's legacy -- Timeline.
Summary:
Gives an overview of Jackie Robinson's historic 1947 entry into Major League Baseball, making him the first African American to do so in the modern era, looking at the circumstances leading up to his debut, and his legacy.
Series:
Greatest events in sports history
SportsZONE
ISBN:
1624035949
9781624035944
OCLC:
(OCoLC)902727448
LCCN:
2014944196
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
AOPB937 -- Humeston Public Library (Humeston)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

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