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Title: Opening Day
Subtitle: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
Author: Jonathan Eig
Narrator: Richard Allen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-16-07
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 46 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios
Publisher's Summary:
He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball. His swing was far from graceful. And he was assigned to play first base, a position he had never tried before that season. But the biggest concern was his temper. Robinson was an angry man who played an aggressive style of ball. In order to succeed, he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration.
Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era. Full of new details and thrilling action, Opening Day brings to life baseball's ultimate story.
Critic Reviews:
"Even Dodger haters - and they are legion - will cheer on the Bums in this fine account." (Booklist)