Heroes of Baseball
The Men Who Made It America's Favorite Game
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2005]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 92 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Meet the men who were and remain the heroes of baseball. These are men who did more than hit home runs or pitch perfect games--they changed the way our society perceives itself, and the goals we set for ourselves and our nation.
Contents:
Introduction : play ball ! -- Big Al leads off -- Hard ball -- The gift of the bambino -- The first -- The mick -- Hanging tough -- The summer of swat -- The planet's game? -- Next season.
Subjects:
Baseball players -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1080L
ISBN:
0689867417 (reinforced)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SPORTS Baseball Lip | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Lip | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SPORTS Baseball Lip | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."
Includes bibliographical references (page [96]) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Includes bibliographical references (page [96]) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection.