Heroes of baseball : the men who made it America's favorite game / Robert Lipsyte.
2005
GV863.A1 L56 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Heroes of baseball : the men who made it America's favorite game / Robert Lipsyte.
Author
Lipsyte, Robert.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780689867415 (reinforced)
0689867417 (reinforced)
0689867417 (reinforced)
Publication Details
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Language
English
Description
92, [4] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Call Number
GV863.A1 L56 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.357/092/2/ B
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.
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"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [96]) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.