Rickey and Robinson The Preacher, the Player and America's Game

by Chalberg, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780882959528
• ISBN10: 0882959522
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

"Alone, each story is a good one. Combined -- and they can hardly be separated -- the Rickey-Robinson story becomes compelling even mythical. For those readers not particularly interested in baseball, I trust that this book might help them to consider the game in a new light, or at least appreciate its place in American history. At the same time, those who do not have to be persuaded that baseball truly is America's game will hardly be disappointed by the pages that follow, because baseball necessarily lies at the heart of this work". -- From the Preface.

Author Biography

John C. “Chuck” Chalberg teaches American history at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota. He has written Emma Goldman: American Individualist and edited American Isolationism. In his other lives he performs one-man shows as Teddy Roosevelt, H. L. Mencken, G. K. Chesterton, and Branch Rickey.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
Warm-ups	1	(14)
The First Inning	15	(28)
The Second Inning	43	(17)
The Third Inning	60	(22)
The Fourth Inning	82	(22)
The Fifth Inning	104	(39)
The Sixth Inning	143	(24)
The Seventh Inning	167	(24)
The Eighth Inning	191	(20)
The Ninth Inning	211	(18)
Bibliography	229	(12)
Index	241