A Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched

by Joe Cox and Joe Cox

Book Overview

Jackie Robinson famously said that a life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives. As we celebrate Robinson's 100th birthday in January 2019, A Fine Team Man profiles not only Robinson, but nine other figures whose lives were altered by the "great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called then. Profiled here are Rachel Robinson, the stoic and enduring wife; Branch Rickey, the tight-fisted but far-sighted general...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493039040
• ISBN13: 9781493039043
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"