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Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball''sand America''smost 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 essenti

True The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781250782892, 978-1250782892
      ISBN10: 1250782899
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

      True       is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball''sand America''smost 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 essenti

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