Campy
Subtitle: the two lives of Roy Campanella
By: Neil Lanctot
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781416547044; 9781451606492
Subjects: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); African American baseball players; Biography; History
Description: Traces the life and career of the gifted athlete, tracing his achievements playing with the Negro Leagues and Brooklyn Dodgers before the accident that rendered him a quadriplegic and pioneer in rehabilitative physical therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-494) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nicetown boy; title: The big league of colored baseball; title: Mackey's protege; title: Elite giant; title: A rising star; title: War and a tryout; title: Mexico; title: Mr. Rickey; title: Nashua; title: Brooklyn; title: Out of the shadows; title: The split; title: A year to remember; title: Aches, pains, and a comeback; title: It hurts up here; title: Redemption; title: The luckiest man in the world; title: Dosoris Lane; title: A different kind of life; title: Boy of summer; title: Roy Campanella batting record.