Jakie Robinson was a man among men. His example shows the ubsurdity of judging a man by the color of his skin. His life was a struggle and this book goes into great personal trials of the man. The book is more about Jackie’s family and professional life after baseball than baseball. Yet this does not distract the reader this adds to the story of a honest, passionate and intellegent man. His autobiography with personal honesty goes into Robison’s strengths and weaknesses.

The story of Robinson and Branch Ricky is well detailed. It may be the greatest story that ever happend in baseball. If you want to read a book that tells a great baseball story than read this. If you want to read a story of a man whose courage has been rarly equaled than read this book. Jackie Robinson was more than the first black man to play baseball, he was a man who refused to be ashamed of who he was, a great man.