Baseball's Great Experiment
Subtitle: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
Edition: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780195339284
Subjects: Baseball - General; Baseball - History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Sports - General; Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports
First sentence: Opening Day of the baseball season was always a festive occasion in Jersey City on the banks of the Passaic River.
Description: "In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's introduction into white organized baseball, both on and off the field, Tygiel also tells the often neglected stories of other African-American players--such as Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron--who helped transform our national pastime into an integrated game. Drawing on dozens of interviews with players and front office executives, contemporary newspaper accounts, and personal papers, Tygiel provides the most telling and insightful account of Jackie Robinson's influence on American baseball and society. The anniversary issue features a new foreword by the author."--