Reggie Jackson

by Perry, Dayn

• ISBN13: 9780061562389
• ISBN10: 0061562386
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

From a childhood in a predominantly white neighborhood to heroics at the plate, "Reggie Jackson" tells the full story of the man who was one of the first black baseball superstars--and one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

Table of Contents

Prologue: October 18, 1977, World Series, Game Six	p. 1
"Aspirations"	p. 8
"He Looks Whiter All the Time"	p. 17
"Yes, Sir"	p. 25
"I'm Not Working in One of Those Birmingham Steel Mills"	p. 40
"If I Played in New York, They'd Name a Candy Bar After Me"	p. 50
"Fuck You"	p. 61
"The Worst Feeling I've Ever Had ... Was the Day We Won the World Series"	p. 81
"Superstar, My Ass"	p. 93
"My Objective Right Now Is Money"	p. 112
"Isn't My Name Reggie Jackson?"	p. 132
"I Ain't Going"	p. 147
"We Are Going on This Venture Together"	p. 158
"Reggie Challenged Him in Every Way"	p. 172
"I'm the Straw That Stirs the Drink"	p. 177
"I'm a Nigger to Them, and I Just Don't Know How to Be Subservient"	p. 188
"Reg-gie!"	p. 208
"But I Know the Score Now"	p. 215
"ThatMakes Me Angry, and It Hurts"	p. 235
"I Don't Know If I'm Secure Enough and Mature Enough Not to Be the Top Banana"	p. 244
"Steinbrenner Sucks!"	p. 258
"Number 44, Reggie Jackson. Number 44."	p. 272
"What Should I Do? Leave? Go Away? Come Back?"	p. 278
Epilogue	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 293
Notes on Sources	p. 295
Index	p. 313
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