num_pages: 336
description: A chronicle of the 1947 baseball season during which Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier is a sixtieth anniversary tribute based on interviews with Robinson's wife, daughter, and teammates that covers such topics as his relationship with fellow players, the St. Louis Cardinals' proposed boycott of the Dodgers, and Robinson's associate with segregated hotel roommate and sportswriter Wendell Smith. 125,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
titlecomplete: Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
characters: Hugh Casey, Walter Lanier Barber, Allan Roth, Bruce Edwards, Bill Bevens, Bobo Newsom, Johnny Sain, Monte Irvin, Lacy Covington, Lou Boudreau, Ron Rapoport, Dixie Howell, Larry MacPhail, Harry Taylor, Jimmy Powers, Jeff Heath, William Mallory, Rex Barney, Vic Lombardi, Wendell Smith, Warren Spahn, Dan Parker, Burt Shotton, Ford Frick, Del Rice, Frank McKinney, Whitey Kurowski, Sam Breadon, Eddie Stanky, Harry Walker, Lawrence Douglas Wilder, Pee Wee Reese, Dave Koslo, Harold Parrott, Herb Pennock, Ralph Branca, Lennie Merullo, Johnny Lindell, Happy Chandler, Clif Keane, Dick Young, Mallie Robinson, Johnny Schmitz, Malcolm Little, Benjamin O. Davis, Donald Spencer, Eddie Miksis, Dick Culler, George Marchev, Al Gionfriddo, Howie Schultz, Carl Furillo, Muddy Ruel, Si Johnson, Ed Stevens, Calvin Griffith, Red Smith, Ron Northey, Kenneth B. Clark, Eddie Dyer, Larry Berra, Branch Rickey, Leo Ernest Durocher, Clyde King, Joe Garagiola, Rachel Isum, Spider Jorgensen, Mabel C. Brown, Fritz Ostermueller, Marty Marion, Kirby Higbe, Joe Page, Allie Reynolds, Charlie Keller, Josh Gibson, Sam Jethroe, George McQuinn, Dan Bankhead, Clarence L. Irving, Gene Hermanski, Mr. Jackie Robinson, George Stovey, Sammy Bankhead, Bobby Bragan, Joe Hatten, Ben Chapman, Laraine Day, Sam Lacy, Margot Hayward, Clyde Sukeforth, Bobby Parker
genres: 20th Century, Biography, Amazon, History, American History, Sports, Race, Nonfiction, Baseball, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1639
publisher: Simon & Schuster