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Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball--and America
Robert C. Cottrell
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hardcover. As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the .. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the courage and dignity they displayed. Both suffered ridicule and abuse as they participated in the national pastime. Nevertheless, each excelled. Greenberg became one of the preeminent sluggers of the 1930s and 1940s who took a break from baseball to serve in the war. Robinson, from the mid-1940s into the following ... Read more
As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the courage and dignity they displayed. Both suffered ridicule and abuse as they participated in the national pastime. Nevertheless, each excelled. Greenberg became one of the preeminent sluggers of the 1930s and 1940s who took a break from baseball to serve in the war. Robinson, from the mid-1940s into the following ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597978422
SKU
V9781597978422
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About Robert C. Cottrell
Robert C. Cottrell has written twenty books, including The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant (2001); Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union (2000); and Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone (1992). He lives in Chico, California, where he teaches at California State University–Chico.
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