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Great Time Coming - The Life Of Jackie Robinson From Baseball to Birmingham (Paperback, 1st Touchstone ed) Loot Price: R578

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Great Time Coming - The Life Of Jackie Robinson From Baseball to Birmingham (Paperback, 1st Touchstone ed): David Falkner

Great Time Coming - The Life Of Jackie Robinson From Baseball to Birmingham (Paperback, 1st Touchstone ed)

David Falkner

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Jackie Robinson's extraordinary courage, his unflappable dignity, and his astonishing feats on the field as the first African-American to play on a major league team made him not only a great sports legend but a genuine American hero. In this comprehensive, moving portrait, David Falkner explores in detail the lifelong influences on Robinson, the pressures he had to bear, and the contributions he made to the cause of integration.

From Robinson's famous battle with the army over segregation to his rigidly maintained restraint in the face of ugly prejudice and life-threatening hostility from baseball fans and players alike, to his post-baseball efforts to help African-Americans establish an economic base within mainstream America, Falkner illuminates Robinson's inner strengths and his determination to make a lasting difference in American society.

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Imprint:	Touchstone
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1996
First published:	February 1996
Authors:	David Falkner
Dimensions:	214 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	1st Touchstone ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-684-82348-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Biography > Sport
LSN:	0-684-82348-9
Barcode:	9780684823485