Out At Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Out At Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player
By (Author) Glenn Burke
With Erik Sherman
Penguin Putnam Inc
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
24th June 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
796.357092
Physical Properties
Paperback
196
Width 140mm, Height 203mm
180g
Description
Before Jason Collins made headlines coming out as the first openly gay NBA player in 2013, and before the media frenzy that surrounded Michael Sam and the 2014 NFL draft, there was Glenn Burke: a talented Los Angeles Dodger whose career was cut short by his refusal to hide his identity as a proud gay man back in the 1970s. Nearly two decades after his death, Burke was finally honoured by Major League Baseball. This is his story, as told to Erik Sherman.
Author Bio
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 the author of Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the 86 Mets and Steve Blass: A Pirate for Life. He currently resides in New Rochelle, New York.
