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Jonathan Eig
Dear Librarian, The story of Jackie Robinson has become American folklore. School children write papers about him. Cities name parks and playgrounds after him. But who was Jackie Robinson? And what did it take for one man in 1947 to shatter baseball's color barrier and set the stage for the American civil rights movement? Those are the questions I set out to answer when I began writing OPENING DAY. George Will called it a "mind-opening book," and the Chicago Tribune declared it "superb." OPENING DAY will make you think anew about race and integration. Most important, it will make Jackie Robinson come alive for readers. It's a great book for Black History Month and a great selection for the start of baseball season. I hope you'll go to bat for it! To learn more about OPENING DAY, as well as my best-selling Lou Gehrig biography, visit me at www.jonathaneig.com. Thanks, Jonathan Eig
Opening Day / Jonathan Eig / Simon & Schuster / Hardcover; 336 Pages
Price: $26.00 / ISBN: 978-0743294607 / Published: March, 2007 Jonathan Eig is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view his reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |