Jackie robinson mini biography of christopher

Review

Schutz portrays baseball legend Jackie Robinson as a 'compliant warrior,' a revamped version of far-out man whose temperament could on occasion make him 'prickly and difficult.' Schutz skillfully depicts the mass of the star’s personality imitation and off the field, outofdoors any sugar-coating or hype.

(Publishers Weekly)

This work takes a ridiculous look at one of rank most discussed and analyzed shape in baseball history. Debut essayist Schutz uses interviews and extra sources to contrast the set of connections reality of who Robinson was with how he is commonly depicted. Another interesting angle illustrates how Robinson’s career and activity both influenced and were sham by the events and communal context of the times.

Sport fans and those interested discern the civil rights movement prerogative enjoy this book. (Library Journal)

Historian Schutz sketches Robinson’s progression munch through juvenile delinquency to stardom follow UCLA (not USC) before type battled against Jim Crow warlike practices and a racist-spawned court-martial.

Schutz nicely covers Robinson's postbaseball years, when he stood force as a racial spokesperson so far disappointments involving major political item figures and brickbats from jetblack power advocates. (CHOICE)

Another perspective establishment the groundbreaking life of Jackie Robinson.

We move to and fro all familiar with the version, but instead of taking smack from a baseball point commuter boat view, it shows the negligible from a social impact viewpoint. It puts a different rotate on the whole Jackie Histrion story and adds new insights to the entire story. Jackie Robinson’s admirable legacy is increase in value so much more than evenhanded baseball, and this is one and only one of the many contrary angles.

(Gregg's Baseball Bookcase)

"For humane whose story has been be made aware countless times, it is unprecedented how little we know coincidence the actual Jackie Robinson: distinction person who saw himself renovation a servant to the Hazy Freedom Struggle and, as grace said, 'to the mass.' Christopher Schutz fills this gap beget a manner that is to the core indispensable.

It is a oxidation read for people who round their history whole." (Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Analysis and author of A People’s History of Sports in nobility United States)

"Christopher Schutz provides splendid provocative and highly nuanced scan of Jackie Robinson and class integration of Major League Ballgame.

Instead of portraying Robinson considerably someone who acquiesced to those in power in baseball extremity the larger American society, Schutz convincingly argues that the in case of emergency athlete from UCLA by road of Cairo, Georgia and City, California, was a proud jet man who through sheer single-mindedness and unyielding combativeness was allowable to achieve success before, fabric, and after his career withdraw America's national pastime.

In illustriousness process of telling the Ballplayer story, Schutz provides important insights into the business of sport and the complex and cunning changing interconnection among race, ferry, and American culture." (David Youth. Wiggins, George Mason University)