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

Author

Robert Lipsyte

Call Number

• J 796.357 LIPS (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.

Physical Description

92, [4] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

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.

Notes

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

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.