Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900 (2nd edition)

Abstract

money for the Nixon family, which Isaiah’s widow and children used to resettle in Florida (p. 3). The book has shortcomings, but they are minor. For example, it would be more accurate to say 42: Jackie Robinson, My Own Story was an autobiography rather than a biography. Robinson told his story to Wendell Smith, whose name is on the title page. Branch Rickey wrote the foreword. Because Smith was on Rickey’s payroll during the 1946 and 1947 seasons, it would be a stretch to call that Robinson book a critical biography. The Wendell Smith Reader is ideal for the bookshelves for future research about sports and society, which are so intertwined in the twentyfirst century.