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Author Breslin, Jimmy.

Title Branch Rickey / Jimmy Breslin.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B RICKEY, BRANCH    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Overflow Collection  B RICKEY    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  B RICKEY BRE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B RICKEY, BRANCH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.357 B75    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B RICKEY    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG RICKEY, BRANCH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  796.357 RICKEY B    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-RICKEY, J.    Check Shelf
Description 147 pages ; 20 cm.
Series A Penguin life
Penguin lives series.
Note "A Lipper/Viking book" -- T.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 147).
Summary 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.
Subject Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Presidents -- Biography.
ISBN 9780670022496: $19.95
0670022497
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