Author : Matt Tavares
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763632244
A picture book biography of African-American baseball player Hank Aaron.
Author : Jerry Poling
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2002-10-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0299181839
June 12, 1952—only a local sportswriter showed up at the Eau Claire airport to greet a newly signed eighteen-year-old shortstop from Alabama toting a cardboard suitcase. "I was scared as hell," said Henry Aaron, recalling his arrival as the new recruit on the city’s Class C minor league baseball team. Forty-two years later, as Aaron approached the stadium where the Eau Claire Bears once played, an estimated five thousand people surrounded a newly raised bronze statue of a young "Hank" Aaron at bat. "I had goosebumps," he said later. "A lot of things happened to me in my twenty-three years as a ballplayer, but nothing touched me more than that day in Eau Claire." For the people of Eau Claire, Aaron’s summer two years before his Major League debut with the Milwaukee Braves symbolizes a magical time, when baseball fans in a small city in northern Wisconsin could live a part of the dream.
Author : Howard Bryant
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0307279928
This definitive biography of Henry (Hank) Aaron—one of baseball's immortal figures—is a revelatory portrait of a complicated, private man who through sports became an enduring American icon. “Beautifully written and culturally important.” —The Washington Post “The epic baseball tale of the second half of the 20th century.” —Atlanta Journal Constitution After his retirement in 1976, Aaron’s reputation only grew in magnitude. But his influence extended beyond statistics. Based on meticulous research and extensive interviews The Last Hero reveals how Aaron navigated the upheavals of his time—fighting against racism while at the same time benefiting from racial progress—and how he achieved his goal of continuing Jackie Robinson’s mission to obtain full equality for African Americans, both in baseball and society, while he lived uncomfortably in the public eye.
Author : Hank Aaron
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061873373
The Classic New York Times Bestseller The man who shattered Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world. But the world also left its mark on him. I Had a Hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sports—it is a fascinating social history of twentieth-century America. With courage and candor, Aaron recalls his struggles and triumphs in an atmosphere of virulent racism. He relives the breathtaking moment when, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's cherished record—an accomplishment for which Aaron received more than 900,000 letters, many of them vicious and racially charged. And his story continues through the remainder of his milestone-setting, barrier-smashing career as a player and, later, Atlanta Braves executive—offering an eye-opening and unforgettable portrait of an incomparable athlete, his sport, his epoch, and his world.
Author : Matt Tavares
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763656461
Traces his mischievous childhood in Baltimore before his life-changing enrollment in Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where a strict code of conduct and his introduction to baseball inspired his historic career.
Author : Charlie Vascellaro
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313330018
The life and career of one of baseball's greatest players.
Author : Doreen Rappaport
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 33,55 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763625306
Offers the true story about the work that was done by so many on both sides of the ocean to create this enduring symbol of freedom and the fundraisers held by everyday people to build her the pedestal on which she would forever stand in the Hudson Harbor. 40,000 first printing.
Author : George Plimpton
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 031632695X
The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives. In One For the Record, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record. In 1974, he finally succeeded. A fascinating examination of the psychology of baseball players, One For the Record gives an absorbing account of the men on the mound who had to face Aaron. But the book's true genius lies in the portrait of Aaron himself, and his discussions on his philosophy on hitting and the game of baseball.
Author : Cam Perron
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1982153601
In 2007, at the age of twelve, Perron bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues. He started writing letters to former Negro League players asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. The letters turned into phone calls, and in these conversations many of the players revealed that they had fallen out of touch with their former teammates. Perron and a small group of fellow researchers organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. This is the story of his mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball-- and to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, stocked with memorabilia. -- adapted from jacket
Author : Peter Golenbock
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 015205250X
A biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.
