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Home Author Archive For Librarians Authors: Get Included Jonathan Eig Dear Reader, Jackie Robinson had no friends in 1947. That's what his wife, Rachel, told me the first time we spoke. I never forgot that as I wrote my book, OPENING DAY. It's the story of a man all alone, a young baseball player with a wife and a baby and a chance to change the world. And every word of it is true. I wanted to make Robinson real. I wanted to tell his story--baseball's greatest story, in my opinion--and make the reader smell the perspiration and feel the pressure. George Will called it a "mind-opening book." The Chicago Tribune labeled it "superb." Visit my website (www.jonathaneig.com) to read an excerpt. While you're there, send me an email. Is there an athlete today who inspires you to be a better person? Tell me about it and you might win one of five signed copies. All the best, Jonathan Eig TOP OF PAGE BACK TO MAIN PAGE © 2005 by AuthorBuzz