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Author:
Henry, Ed, narrator. narrator.
Title:
42 faith : the rest of the Jackie Robinson story / Ed Henry ; foreword by Larry King ; introduction by Juan Williams.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
8 audio discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972.
Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972--Religion.
Rickey, Branch,--1881-1965--Religion.
African American baseball players--Biography.
Discrimination in sports--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Audiobooks.
Biographies.
Notes:
Title from container. Compact discs. Read by the author.
Summary:
Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well. Through recently discovered sermons, interviews with Robinson's family and friends, and even an unpublished book by the player himself, Henry details a side of Jackie's humanity that few have taken the time to see.
ISBN:
153661551X
9781536615517
Locations:
KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

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