{"product_id":"true-the-four-seasons-of-jackie-robinson-paperback","title":"True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKostya Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrue is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's--and America's--most significant figures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles; and 1972, the year of his untimely death. Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKennedy examines each of these years through details not reported in previous biographies, bringing them to life in vivid prose and through interviews with fans and players who witnessed his impact, as well as with Robinson's surviving family. These four crucial years offer a unique vision of Robinson as a player, a father and husband, and a civil rights hero--a new window on a complex man, tied to the 50th anniversary of his passing and the 75th anniversary of his professional baseball debut.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKostya Kennedy is an editorial director at Meredith and a former Senior Writer at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports\u003c\/i\u003e (runner-up for the 2012 PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing) and \u003ci\u003ePete Rose: An American Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Both won the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. He has taught at Columbia and NYU, and lives with his wife and daughters in Westchester County, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.95 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44840372109414,"sku":"9781250782892","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SnlFRnhqV0hVOUM3YTdCQTNrRVltUT09.webp?v=1772535020","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/true-the-four-seasons-of-jackie-robinson-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}