Parker, Robert B., 1932-

Double play / Robert B. Parker. - New York : Putnam's, c2004. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Joseph Burke, physically and emotionally wounded in World War II, finds hope and healing during a season spent serving as bodyguard to Jackie Robinson in 1947, the year Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.

Adult

0399151885 (alk. paper)

2004040029


Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.


Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.


African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.


Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.


Biographical fiction.

PS3566.A686 / D68 2004

813/.54