When Jackie Robinson was penciled into the lineup for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, America's national pastime and America's future changed forever. How much is reflected in a remark Martin Luther King Jr. made to Don Newcombe: "You'll never know what you and Jackie and Roy did to make it possible to do my job." Red Barber was perfectly situated to observe this drama. Broadcaster for the Dodgers, friend of Branch Rickey-who confided in him before and during the year of decision-and keen student of the game and the behavior of its players, Red held the microphone as the story unfolded with a cast of characters that included baseball immortals Duke Snyder, Leo Durocher, Pee Wee Reese, Peter Reiser, Larry McPhail, and Joe DiMaggio. Towering above them all are Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey-who together made baseball and American history and whose courage and toughness Red Barber captures so beautifully in this book.

1947: When All Hell Broke Loose In Baseball

History

Barber, Red

Americas

Da Capo

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The Broadcasters

Biographies & Memoirs

Da Capo Press

The veteran American sportscaster recounts the leading events of a milestone year for major-league baseball--the Yankee-Dodger World Series, Leo Durocher's suspension, and the entry of Jackie Robinson

1947, When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

DOUBLEDAY

The Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American Hero

Offering viewpoints on both Jackie Robinson and his role in the world of baseball in the 1940s, a collection of writings that include some letters by Robinson himself sheds light on the cultural impact of his actions and the man behind the popular hero. Reprint.

MALCOLM X

Smith, Wendell

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Mann, Arthur

KAHN, Roger

Plume

"It is really a recital and a very human, moving recital-about one man's journey into faith" You need to read this book!!!

Show me the way to go home,

Westminster Press

For more than fifty years Red Barber was the voice of baseball. The game was broadcast sporadically until the late 1930s, when Barber burst into prominence by bringing it home to radio listeners, play by play. More than half a century later, he could still be heard, broadcasting over National Public Radio from his retirement home in Tallahassee. Announcing for the Brooklyn Dodgers and later for the New York Yankees, he became a legend long before his death in 1992. Red’s story reveals the growth and changes in baseball over the years, the demands of sportscasting, and the difference between radio and television reporting. Here is Red giving major play-by-plays of his own life and career with characteristic wit and integrity.

Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat

Humor & Entertainment

Creamer, Robert W.

Radio

Bison Books

Biography of the Dodgers famous sportscaster, Red Barber. Hardcover published by Doubleday &amp; Company, Inc., 1968.

Politics & Social Sciences

Creamer, Robert

Social Sciences

Amereon Ltd

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