Introduction -- Rachel Robinson: you know doggone well you've got a girl? -- Attendance, Jesus, and America: the motivations of Branch Rickey -- Tricky navigation: Happy Chandler, Jim Crow, and Jackie Robinson -- Wendell Smith and the power of the press -- Clyde Sukeforth and the residue of design -- Kindly old Burt Shotton: I cannot possibly hurt you -- Men and brothers: Red Barber and Jackie Robinson -- Pee Wee Reese: standing by me -- Dixie Walker: I feel like I've learned.
Summary:
"A biography about baseball legend Jackie Robinson featuring figures whose lives were altered by "the great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called during his time"-- Provided by publisher.
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