Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Jackie Robinson the man who broke barriers on and off the field!

Jackie Robinson the man who broke barriers on and off the field! He was a great man who has accomplished many great things threw out his life. Being strong and confident he took upon the challenge and no matter what succeeded. He was a freak athlete who could play multiple sports but by channeling all of his athletic ability's in to one sport became one of the greats of baseball. He brought whits and blacks together and help disengage segregation. A man who truly deserves all the praise in the world.

Jonathan Eig has wirtten this magnificent in depth story of Robinsons first year in the majors and has done an extrordinary job i might say. Many others have written stories about Robinson but no one has yet to do anything like he has done in the work of literature. HIs vivid imagery and use of tone excites you as if you are there or watching a t.v. show. I would tell any one and everyone to read this book

A great story

A great baseball, and truly American story about a man who faced challenges that 99% has never nor will they ever go through because Jackie did it for them.

A good read, not just for baseball fans.

This was a well researched, well written book about Jackie Robinson's first year in the major league. It revealed a lot about what he had to endure both on the field and off; from fans, players, the press and in his personal life. In many ways he has been seen as a larger than life figure but this book reveals the man Jackie Robinson, a man with weaknesses but a man of courage who endured humiliations for the game and for equality for all races.

Great Man

This book truly shows what a great man Jackie Robinson was and what he had to endure to break the color barriers of baseball. If you are a fan of baseball history this is a must read.

Jackie Robinson - Baseball player and human being

Jonathan Eig's book about Jackie Robinson and his first season as the first African American to play major league baseball is a revelation. This book gives the reader an "on the field" look at Jackie during his ground breaking season. Eig is a good writer who captures the high drama of this season. I highly recommend this book.

Jackie Robinson and the color barrier

When I bought Opening Day, I was not too sure how the subject, Jackie Robinson's first season in the major leagues, was going to be addressed. Would it be factual/historical account of Branch Rickey's and Jackie's efforts to break the color barrier in the game or a lyrical treatment of race in America's pastime? To my pleasant surprise, it is both.
Eig handles a subject previoulsy written about in a day by day approach to the integration of baseball beginning with the Negro Leagues, through Jackie's signing with Brooklyn, his season in the minors, through the World Series of 1947, and ending with Jackie's death.
The day-to-day or game-to-game treatment is nothing new, but it works effectively in telling Jackie Robinson's heroic efforts, by stifling his own combativeness, to be the best candidate to make baseball truly America's pastime.

Opening Day The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Jackie Robinson, like Abraham Lincoln, has been the subject of many books. A reader is justified in wondering, What can be said that has not been written already? And like Lincoln, Robinson is often revered in almost mythical terms.
In Opening Day Jonathan Eig presents Robinson, the man, not the myth, during the historic 1947 season. Along the way he offers insights into the supporting cast: fans, press, teammates, opponents, executives, and other black players. The photographs enhance the text.
There is a detailed look at Robinson's relationship with "his Boswell", black newspaper writer Wendell Smith.

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