The William Hoy Story
How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Traces the story of the deaf baseball player, who, after securing a position on a professional team for hearing players, endured prejudice and requested the use of hand signals that became a part of how the game is played today.
Subjects:
Hoy, William, 1862-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Deaf athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Hoy, William, 1862-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Deaf athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: AD620L
ISBN:
9780807591925 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Hoy, William | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Hoy, William | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Hoy, William | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Hoy, William | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |