Book summaryJackie Robinson tells his story, from his slave and sharecropper ancestry to his triumphant, heroic career as ballplayer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Media reviews"A dignified and heroic descendant of American slaves and sharecroppers who wore number 42 on his Dodger uniform and played first base in one of the sacred spaces of American culture....Here is a great American hero who refuses to be a mythical hero. Instead, he tells the painful truth about himself as a human being....He gained respect because he so deeply respected himself." |
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiographyby Robinson, Jackie; Aaron, Hank, and West, Cornel (Introductions by)6th printing
Book desription: New York: Ecco Press, 1995 xxii, 275 pp., illus; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy.. 6th printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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