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New in the PRC Library…
Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella by Neil Lanctot.
Simon and Schuster, 2010.
In this book, historian Neil Lanctot, gives his readers a well researched, comprehensive biography of the two lives of Dodger great, Roy Campanella. ‘Campy’ was the first African-American catcher in the twentieth century in the major leagues. The author reveals that Campanella, and not Jackie Robinson, may well have been the first player to integrate baseball. Campanella was at the top of his game in the late 1940s and 1950s when the Dodgers consistently contended for pennants. However, his life changed dramatically on a rainy January night in 1958 when his car hit a utility pole and he was paralyzed below the neck. Lanctot gives us insight about how Campanella’s complicated personal life may have played a role in the accident. He goes on to give his readers a very detailed look at a courageous man whose second life after baseball would prove to be just as remarkable as his first.
A copy of this book can be checked out from the
Paralysis Resource Center’s library. Please see the online catalog and borrowing instructions there.
by Diane Bligh
Reeve Foundation volunteer
