Double Play (Burke, #1)
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier—and changes the world. The event also changes the life of Robinson's bodyguard—and those changes can prove fatal.
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier—and changes the world. The event also changes the life of Robinson's bodyguard—and those changes can prove fatal.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425199633 (0425199630)
Publish date: June 7th 2005
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Baseball,
Suspense
Unusual Robert Parker novel that mixes baseball history and a new character, Joseph Burke. Burke, after first having Parker define his credentials as a tough guy coming out of the Korean War who really doesn't care if he lives or dies, is hired to protect Jackie Robinson from the cretins of the worl...
Log in with Facebook 
 by Robert B. Parker, now listed on BookLikes)