My Own Story
By Jackie Robinson
Foreword by Branch Rickey
Read by David Sadzin , with a foreword read by Kyle Tait
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781664790940
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ISBN: 9781664790933
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ISBN: 9781664790957
| Runtime: | 3.69 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The extraordinary memoir from baseball icon Jackie Robinson—originally published in 1948, just a year after he shattered baseball’s color barrier, and now released as an audiobook for the very first time.
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me…all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
So says #42, who comes alive to share his story, up to and through that historic first season, as told to famed sportswriter Wendell Smith, with a foreword by Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey.
Travel back in time, as the Dodgers legend guides you through his athletic upbringing, his short stint with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, and his breakthrough to the big leagues, at the age of twenty-eight.
Author
Author Bio: Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) was a professional baseball player who became the first African American player in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. After retiring from baseball, he was on the board of the NAACP, helped open the black-owned and -operated Freedom National Bank, built low-income housing, and was active in politics.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 3.69 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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