True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson / Kostya Kennedy.
"True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. Kennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero-a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250274045
- ISBN: 1250274044
- Physical Description: viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, ©2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: Spring/1946 -- Stance ; Montreal ; Before Montreal, Florida ; Montreal, midsummer ; Had Robinson gone early to Brooklyn ; A letter in Atlanta ; The last of Robinson's beginning ; Part two: Summer/1949 -- Basepaths ; Brooklyn ; Georgia ; Brooklyn, the streets ; Feather ; St. Albans ; Part three: Autumn/1956 -- Brooklyn ; Boundless ; Affinity ; Brooklyn ; Part four: Winter/1972 -- Gifts ; Passages ; Los Angeles to Cincinnati ; Riverside ; The afterlife -- Foundation ; In present memory. |
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Genre: | Biography. Biographies. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 ROBINSO (Text) | 50686016165883 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dalton Community Library | 92 ROBINSO (Text) | 50689010454287 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Degenstein Community Library | NF 796.357 KENNEDY (Text)
Memorial:
MARTIN In memory of JOHN MARTIN, JR. by Margaret and John Auten.
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35031301218320 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults Robinson Biography (Text) | 34001001413705 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults 796.35 KEN Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000854992 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 921 ROBINSON (Text) | 92525408 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Huntingdon County Library | B ROBINSON (Text) | 30298100597131 | Biography | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Robinson (Text) | 39427103650123 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
Littlestown Library | 796.357 KENNEDY (Text)
Endowment:
Norman E. Richardson Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635833569 | Nonfiction | In Cataloging | - |
New Castle Public Library | 796.357092 Kennedy (Text)
Bookplate:
Presented to the New Castle Public Library Honoring Chuck Tanner, Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1979 World Champions, by Friends and Fans.
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31902005467949 | NWCM Non-Fiction | Available | - |