Shut Out

Shut Out
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9781135297831
ISBN-13 : 1135297835
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Shut Out by : Howard Bryant

Download or read book Shut Out written by Howard Bryant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shut Out is the compelling story of Boston's racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city's greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well written and poignant work contains striking interviews in which blacks who played for the Red Sox speak for the first time about their experiences in Boston, as well as groundbreaking chapter that details Jackie Robinson's ill-fated tryout with the Boston Red Sox and the humiliation that followed.


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