The book that inspired Harrison Ford in his portrayal of Branch
Rickey in the hit movie "42"
In a brilliant match between author and subject, this latest
addition to the Penguin Lives series features the inimitable Jimmy
Breslin telling the rags-to-riches tale of Branch Rickey, the
legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who integrated baseball
by putting Jackie Robinson into the major leagues. Moving from the
dusty Midwest towns where Rickey built baseball's farm system to
the Brooklyn streets where he hatched his most famous plan, Breslin
brilliantly captures the heady days when baseball became the
national pastime. What emerges is the irresistible story of a
schemer and redeemer, a great American who remade a sport-and
dreamed of remaking a country. See Branch Rickey's life brought to
the screen in the hit movie "42" in theaters everywhere now.
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