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A Burke novel |
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Vachss, Andrew H.
Burke novel.
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| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 70635 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 4:54:45. |
| Performer |
Read by Robert Forster. |
| Summary |
"This is a work of fiction about a real man. Most of what I've written I made up. I have, however, attempted to render Jackie Robinson accurately. As he was, or as I imagined him to be, in 1947, when I was turning 15, and he was changing the world. The rest is altogether fiction. It may be more Burke's story than Jackie's. but, without Jackie, Burke would have had no story. And neither would I." --Robert B. Parker. In this new work from bestselling author Robert B. Parker, Joseph Burke--ex-marine, ex-husband, ex-somebody--is hired as a bodyguard to protect Lauren Roach, twenty-five and spoiled rotten. The unlikely duo become entangled with Burke's boyhood hero, color barrier-breaking baseball player Jackie Robinson, in a story that is both thrilling and engaging. It is in the historical character of Jackie Robinson that Mr. Parker finds his inspiration, and Joseph Burke may find his redemption. |
| Subject |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Fiction.
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African American baseball players -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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Baseball players -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Race relations -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Bodyguards -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Forster, Robert, 1942-
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| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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