Out at Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Glenn Burke, Erik ShermanAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2015-03-03Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425281437ISBN-10:425281434UPC:9780425281437Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Baseball, LGBTQ+Size:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCJ6QQGPXN
Out at Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player
Before Jason Collins, before Michael Sam, there was Glenn Burke. By becoming the first--and only--openly gay player in Major League Baseball, Glenn would become a pioneer in his own way, nearly thirty years after another black Dodger rookie, Jackie Robinson, broke the league's color barrier. This is Glenn's story, in his own words . . . Touted by scouts and coaches alike as "the next Willie...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780425281437ISBN-10:425281434UPC:9780425281437Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Sports, Baseball, LGBTQ+Size:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCJ6QQGPXN
Glenn Burke, a former center fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics over a span of five seasons, appeared in the 1977 World Series. Burke made history by becoming the first Major League Baseball player to announce his homosexuality. He died of AIDS in 1995.
Erik Sherman has been a freelance sportswriter in the New York area since 1980. Out at Home was his first book. He is also...
Erik Sherman has been a freelance sportswriter in the New York area since 1980. Out at Home was his first book. He is also...
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