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A biography of Roy Campanella, the award-winning catcher whose baseball career was cut short by an accident which left him partially paralyzed. ... Read more

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Examines the life of the baseball player whose successful career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was ended by a serious automobile accident. ... Read more

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Baseball Legend
Any devotee of the original Brooklyn Dodgers has to read this book about Roy Campanella.A legend of this caliber within the game of baseball has added to its success today.A terrific read!!!!

Moving and inspirational
It's Good to Be Alive is one of the most moving and inspirational books I have read in a long, long time.

In this era of steriod athletes like Jose Canseco and Giambi, Roy Campanella stood head and shoulders above callous players like Jose.

This book is great.

A VERY MOVING NOVEL
THIS IS THE STORY OF ROY CAMPANELLA OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. HE TELLS HIS LIFE STORY ABOUT BASEBALL AND THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT LEFT HIM ALMOST TOTALLY PARALYZED. HE WAS A VERY GRATEFUL AND INSPIRING INDIVIDUAL. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. HIS DESCRIPITION OF HIS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE AND ALL HE HAD TO ENDURE TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE AFTER HIS ACCIDENT IS TRUELY INSPIRING. ANYONE WHO READS THIS WILL TRULY APPRECIATE THE MIRACLE MAN ROY CAMPANELLA. VERY RECOMMENDED.

touching and moving
In this autobiography Roy Campanella takes you through his life as a child all the way through his debilatating car accident which left him quadripilegic.He asks the reader to please not feel sorry for him.Although at first thats hard, you later see that his life was rich with experinces and love.The book is very moving and I guarentee you will shed tears several times.You really get insight to Roy and find he is very much a lovable gentleman.The book surprising has quite a few mistakes, such as names of people (eg. instead of William Wrigley he writes Phil Wrigley.Also it's grammer isnt perfect. But this is easily forgiven.At the end of the book you feel you got to know Roy,and wished you could have met him.

Well known by his generation, but not as anAmerican hero
Campy was one of my boyhood heroes. I was devestated when I heard of the crash that cut short a great career for this quiet man.As much as he was a star in baseball, he was more so as a human being.Still aqlive when hehad no chance to live, he was an inspiration to so many.No longerpossessing the great physical ability that carried him to baseball stardom,he rose to stardom as a role-model, something blatantly missing in manycelebrities today.

Join Campy in the struggles as a youth of mixedparantage, as a star in the Negro Leagues, a pioneer in organized baseball,but even more so as an unsung hero to manypersons with and without physicallimitations ... Read more

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Roy Campanella loved baseball. A professional player from the age offifteen, he later became the first African-American catcher to integrateMajor League Baseball. Fans and players adored Campy for his goodnature, and cheered his multiple MVP awards as a Brooklyn Dodger. Butin 1958, his career ended when a car accident left him a quadriplegic.Refusing to give in to self-pity, Campy became a Dodgers coach, heldbaseball clinics for teenagers, and bravely advocated for the disabled.

With honesty and affection, award-winning author David A. Adler tells thestory—complemented by stunning oil paintings by Gordon C. James—ofa man who was so much more than a sports hero. ... Read more

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Campy is a hero
Reviewed by Matthew Feliciano (age 7) for Reader Views (1/08)

I really liked this book because it told a true story about Roy Campanella.I think the author did a very good job of telling this story.The author told interesting things about Roy Campanella and when I was reading the book I felt like I was living Campy's life right with him.The illustrations were not so good. I did not like the way they looked like paintings.The faces seemed "bubbly" and they looked funny.

In "Campy," we learn all about the baseball player Roy Campanella.He is a hero for many reasons.First, he did not let the color of his skin stop him from doing what he wanted to do.He was the best baseball player out there.He was very professional and polite to everyone and was a good person.

The second reason Campy is a hero is because when he had a car accident and couldn't move, he never gave up.He kept living his life and went on to teach baseball to others from his wheelchair.

In "Campy: The Story of Roy Campanella," Campy can teach everyone a lesson: the color of your skin does not matter.What matters is how you feel and how you act.
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The authoritative biography of Roy Campanella, famed ballplayer and African-American pioneer who suffered an injury that left him paralyzed for life. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player primarily at the position of catcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the pioneers in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. His career was cut short in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident. Campanella's father John was of Italian descent; however, because his mother Ida was African American, he was barred from Major League Baseball before 1947, the season that non-white players were admitted to the Major Leagues for the first time since the 19th century. Campanella began playing Negro League baseball for the Washington Elite Giants in 1937, dropping out of school on his sixteenth birthday. The Elite Giants would move to Baltimore the following year, and Campanella would go on to become a star player with the team. In 1942 and 1943, Campanella played in the Mexican League with the Monterrey Sultans. Lazaro Salazar, the team's manager at the time, told Campanella that he would play one day at the Major League level. In 1971, Campanella was elected to the Mexican League Hall Of Fame. In 1946, Campanella moved into the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league system, as the Dodger organization began preparations to break the Major Leagues' color barrier with Jackie Robinson. For the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' affiliate in the Class AAA International League. Meanwhile, the team looked to assign Campanella to a Class B league. After the general manager of the Dan... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=77393 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2868 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player primarily at the position of catcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the pioneers in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. His career was cut short in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident. Campanella's father John was of Italian descent; however, because his mother Ida was African American, he was barred from Major League Baseball before 1947, the season that non-white players were admitted to the Major Leagues for the first time since the 19th century. Campanella began playing Negro League baseball for the Washington Elite Giants in 1937, dropping out of school on his sixteenth birthday. The Elite Giants would move to Baltimore the following year, and Campanella would go on to become a star player with the team. In 1942 and 1943, Campanella played in the Mexican League with the Monterrey Sultans. Lazaro Salazar, the team's manager at the time, told Campanella that he would play one day at the Major League level. In 1971, Campanella was elected to the Mexican League Hall Of Fame. In 1946, Campanella moved into the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league system, as the Dodger organization began preparations to break the Major Leagues' color barrier with Jackie Robinson. For the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' affiliate in the Class AAA International League. Meanwhile, the team looked to assign Campanella to a Class B league. After the general manager of the Dan... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=77393 ... Read more

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Features the Born to Play Story of Roy Campanella, ... Read more