What I learned from Jackie Robinson
Subtitle: a teammate's reflections on and off the field
By: Carl Erskine with Burton Rocks
Contributors: Rocks, Burton
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972; Erskine, Carl -- Friends and associates; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Former major league baseball player Carl Erskine recalls his relationship and experiences with the legendary Jackie Robinson and shares how Robinson influenced his life and taught him lessons of patience and integrity.
Notes: Includes index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Duke Snider; title: The Robinson way; title: My first day at school; title: How Robinson rejuvenated baseball; title: The story of Rachel; title: Bedlam in Manhattan, doom in Brooklyn, 1951; title: Back to the big show, 1952; title: Wait till next year; title: Our year had come; title: Mr. Intensity, 1956; title: The future is not what it used to be; title: My pal, Campy; title: Saying good-bye to baseball as I knew it; title: Autumn men; title: Jackie and Jimmy: the parallel; title: Epilogue: the legacy of number 42