Jules Tygiel book Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and his Legacy is a brilliant compendium of cultural history leading up to the Jackie Robinson's integration into baseball and beyond. The Journal of Sport's History calls the book "The best baseball book of the decade", it is hard to disagree with this opinion.
Professor Tygiel's book is the definitive work on the importance of Jackie Robinson to American history. Tygiel writes a well-researched, dynamic narrative that illustrates Robinson's incredible achievements and strength of character.
This book, unlike others on Robinson, focuses on the years before and after 1947 as well. By doing this, Tygiel reveals the impact of Robinson's achievement in the context of the emerging civil rights movement. Jackie Robinson's story was not his alone- it was the story of the ballplayers who came after him. The book also shows how Robinson's courageous seasons personified the changing American conscience regarding race in the post-war era.
Every serious baseball fan should read this book.
10 out of 10
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