Royal Treatment: Jackie Robinson, Montreal, and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Barrier 4th kids wittily dissecting the English character

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Superb illustrations by Catalina Echeverri and faithful

Maas and Rebecca Yarros

This acclaimed modern translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky won the PEN/ Book of the Month Club Translation Prize in 2001

Royal Treatment: Jackie Robinson, Montreal, and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Barrier 4th kids wittily dissecting the English characterThe story of Jackie Robinson's prodigious talent, his courageous journey, and his influence on both the game of baseball and American society writ large has been told well and often. What hasn't been told is the full story of his first season in the minor leagues in Montreal. In 1946, before moving up to the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson spent a season thrilling home crowds in a Canadian city with Major League aspirations. He played for the AAA Montreal