Branch Rickey
By: Jimmy Breslin
Series: A penguin life
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780670022496
Subjects: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Presidents; Baseball team owners; Biography
Description: A bestselling author remembers the man who integrated baseball. The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey. In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, changing the sport and the nation forever.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index.