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Burgan, Michael.

Daring play : how a courageous Jackie Robinson transformed baseball / by Michael Burgan. - 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm - Captured history sports . - Captured history. Sports. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.

Chapter one. Playing for the championship -- Chapter two. Breaking the color barrier -- Chapter three Stealing home -- Chapter four. Enduring legacies -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.

"Discusses Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball and an iconic photograph that captured the historic even"--



ISBN: 9780756552916 0756552915 9780756552954 0756552958

LCCN: 2015033483

Subjects--Personal Names:
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in sports--History--United States--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Illustrated works.