An introduction to the life and career of baseball's Jackie Robinson.

Learn about the life and career of Jackie Robinson, and what his first game playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers was an historic event.

Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports.

An biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black man to break the color barrier of professional baseball as told by his daughter, Sharon.

"Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson's does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he's scored more runs than any player ever. "If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you'd have two Hall of Famers," the baseball historian Bill James once said. But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson's is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave...

Presents a collection of writings published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Robinson's debut in major league baseball

"Examines Curt Flood's often troubled personal life and explores his possible motives for suing Major League Baseball in 1970. For challenging baseball's reserve system, which he likened to bondage, the St. Louis Cardinals center fielder in time was lionized. But this recognition came at great personal expense"--Provided by publisher.