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Heroes of baseball : the men who made it America's favorite game /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, �2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 92, [4] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0689867417
  • 9780689867415
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 796.357/092/2/ 22
LOC classification:
  • GV863.A1 L56 2005
Online resources:
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.
  • A Junior Library Guild selection.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 796.357 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000431141

"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."

Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.

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.

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.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

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