Jackie Robinson in Quotes: The Remarkable Life of Baseball's Most Significant Player

Danny Peary

Page Street Publishing, Apr 19, 2016 - Sports & Recreation - 432 pages

A Fresh Look at an Inspiring Historical Figure

Jackie Robinson in Quotes tells the life story of arguably the most important baseball player in history with over 400 pages of quotations by and about him. Featured are quotes by Robinson, his widow Rachel Robinson, other family members, friends, teammates, coaches, members of the media, and many more. Danny Peary has skillfully curated the best quotes to shed new light on the man behind number 42, who famously became the first black Major League Baseball player in 1947. The quotes speak for themselves, following Robinson through his childhood to his days as a young multi-talented athlete; his famous first meeting with Branch Rickey and signing with the Dodgers; then his exciting Hall-of-Fame career playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Read in his own words how he had to face racism and abuse with stoic silence; and how later the true Robinson emerged—a ballplayer and political activist who refused to stay silent, and who for his whole life remained unswerving in his expectation that all Americans be treated equally, no matter their color.

Jackie Robinson in Quotes is a behind-the-headlines narrative about the making and life of a hero. It gives a first-hand account of Jackie Robinson’s baseball stardom, his friendships and rivalries, the people he loved and who loved him, the issues that troubled him, and how he took on all challenges to change the face of America’s favorite pastime, the country itself, and, thus, history forever.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 6
• The Formative Years: 8
• College Man for All Seasons: 29
• The War Years: 57
• A Professional Baseball Player: 73
• Breaking Barriers: 85
• The Pioneer: 132
• Transcending Sports: 182
• A Ballplayer Who Couldnt Be Silenced: 223
• From the Spotlight into the Twilight: 272
• The Fight for Social Justice: 314
• Man in the Middle: 342
• The Final Year: 371
• From Legend to Icon: 390
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 411
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 416
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 417
• INDEX: 418

About the author

Danny Peary is an acclaimed baseball historian. He is the author/editor of Baseball Immortal Derek Jeter: A Career in Quotes. He collaborated on the biographies Roger Maris and Gil Hodges, Ralph Kiner's autobiography Baseball Forever, and Tim McCarver’s Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans. He lives in New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Jackie Robinson in Quotes: The Remarkable Life of Baseball's Most Significant Player
• Author: Danny Peary
• Publisher: Page Street Publishing, 2016
• ISBN: 1624142567, 9781624142567
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General