True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is an iconic figure in sports and civil rights and has been written about many times before, but this new book from Kostya Kennedy zeroes in on four specific years. By digging into details previously unreported, Kennedy sheds welcome light on these transformative periods in Robinson's life.
True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's—and America's—most significant figures.
For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball’s singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson’s death, let...


