Branch Rickey
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Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman
By Lee LowenfishThanks also to Professor Irwin Weil of the Slavic Studies department of Northwestern University for sharing a memoir of his father, Sidney Weil, owner of the Cincinnati Reds in the early 1930s, and the man who traded Leo Durocher to ...
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Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman
In this definitive biography of Rickey?the man sportswriters dubbed ?The Brain,? ?The Mahatma,? and, on occasion, ?El Cheapo??Lee Lowenfish tells the full, colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America?s game.
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Branch Rickey: A Life
By Jimmy BreslinThe book that inspired Harrison Ford in his portrayal of Branch Rickey in the hit movie “42” In a brilliant match between author and subject, this latest addition to the Penguin Lives series features the inimitable Jimmy Breslin telling ...
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Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman
By Lee LowenfishHe was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--not just once but three times.
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Branch Rickey: A Biography, rev. ed.
By Murray PolnerIt still stands as the definitive biography of the legendary executive. The McFarland edition includes updates and revisions, new photographs, a foreword by Branch B. Rickey, and a new preface.
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Branch Rickey: A Biography
By Murray PolnerThis authorized biography profiles the man who included among his many major achievements in professional baseball the signing of Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the organization of the farm team system
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Branch Rickey
By Jimmy BreslinTraces the efforts of the 1940s Brooklyn Dodgers president and general manager to promote baseball integration, describing his role in bringing Jackie Robinson to the team while sharing background information on Rickey's youth, times and ...
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Branch Rickey: American in Action
By Arthur William MannBranch Rickey: American in Action
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Branch Rickey
By Jimmy BreslinThe book that inspired Harrison Ford in his portrayal of Branch Rickey in the hit movie "42" The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey.
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Branch Rickey: A Biography
By Murray PolnerHas any sport executive had as many words written about him as Branch Rickey? A one-time catcher, Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the...