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Author Breslin, Jimmy.

Title Branch Rickey [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Jimmy Breslin.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (147 pages)
Series A penguin life
Penguin lives series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 147) and index.
Summary A bestselling author remembers the man who integrated baseball. The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey. In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, changing the sport and the nation forever.
Subject Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Presidents -- Biography.
Rickey, Branch.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Breslin, Jimmy. Branch Rickey. New York : Viking, 2010 9780670022496 (DLC) 2010035008 (OCoLC)650210636
ISBN 9781101467695 (electronic bk.)
110146769X (electronic bk.)
9781101476031 (electronic bk.)
1101476036 (electronic bk.)
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