Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier

Author/Contributor(s):	Frommer, Harvey; Irvin, Monte
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Date:	4/1/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Blending exclusive rare interviews with Rachel Robinson (Jackie’s widow), Mack Robinson (Jackie’s brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner, and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of general manager Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson by describing how they worked together to shatter baseball's color line. Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a marker moment in sports and cultural history.