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G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1972. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Impression. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to tail; light dust soiling to boards. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($7.95); bumping to head, tail, and tips; closed tears to bottom of front panel; missing small piece at lower rear tip. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and JR in gilt on the front board. Blue squiggles on white paper for endpapers. 287 pp 8vo. 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and changing the world of sports forever. This book is Robinson's own candid, hard-hitting account of what it took to become the first black man in history to play in the major leagues. It recalls Robinson's early years and influences: his time at UCLA, his army stint during World War II, his years of frustration, on and off the field, with the Negro Leagues; and finally that fateful day when Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers proposed what became known as the "Noble Experiment"—Robinson would step up to bat to integrate and revolutionize major league baseball. More than a baseball story, this book reveals the highs and lows of Robinson's life after baseball. He recounts his political aspirations and civil rights activism; his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, William Buckley, Jr., and Nelson Rockefeller; and his troubled relationship with his son, Jackie, Jr. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.