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Robert C. Cottrell

Two Pioneers

How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball--and America

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This title focuses on the two most famous baseball pioneers in the areas of religion and race. It examines the social milieu of religion, race, and sport in the American century. It captivates the reader with accounts of these players' astounding talent. As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play in organized baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, and the athletic gifts they exhibited. Both suffered ridicule and abuse as they participated in the nationa… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-59797-842-2
  • EAN: 9781597978422
  • Produktnummer: 12284013
  • Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 280 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.7 cm 596 g
  • Abbildungen: 20 b&w photographs
  • Gewicht: 596
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


ROBERT C. COTTRELL has written twenty books, including The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giant (New York University Press, 2001); Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union (Columbia University Press, 2000); and Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone (Rutgers University Press, 1992). He lives in Chico, California, where he teaches at California State University - Chico.

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