"Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball" release

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (04/10/2013)(readMedia)-- Befitting the season, Elizabethtown College faculty member Mike Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies, has added another title to his growing repertoire that explores the man behind the legend, baseball great Jackie Robinson. As editor of "Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball," Long offers a new portrait of this multi-faceted sports hero - http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/spring-2013/beyond-home-plate.html. The book, scheduled for release April 15, comes out in tandem with the Warner Bros. movie "42" http://42movie.warnerbros.com/, which hits theatres April 12. Long is available for interviews locally, and via his cell phone at 717.712.2199.

WHO:

Mike Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College
WHAT:

The release of "Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball."
WHEN: Monday April 15, 2013 at 08:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Elizabethtown College
1 Alpha Dr
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
NOTES:

Recent reviews of “Beyond Home Plate ...” are noted here:

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-baseball-books-20130331,0,3519375.story

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/required_reading_q9qN0pmHynDvd1JukdYoLP

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/books/nonfic/xpress-reviews-nonfiction-first-look-at-new-books-march-29-2013/

This is Long’s second book focusing on the rich and complex life of Robinson. His first, “First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson” gives insight into Robinson’s passionate fight to rid the country of racism. - http://www.amazon.com/First-Class-Citizenship-Letters-Robinson/dp/B005Q8JDQI

Long recently contributed to Huffington Post, writing of Robinson’s aggressiveness off the diamond, as a writer and vocal advocate for civil rights - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-g-long/jackie-robinson-civil-rights_b_2920108.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices

Long is traveling the United States, speaking about his newest book. Long will appear at the City Club of Denver on April 11; the City Club of San Diego on April 12; Fenway Park in Boston on May 9; and the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian, date to be announced.