Hammerin' Hank Greenberg : baseball pioneer / Shelley Sommer.

Author/creator Sommer, Shelley
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoHonesdale, PA : Calkins Creek, ©2011.
Description135 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Subjects
Greenberg, Hank--Juvenile literature.
Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)--History. --Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--United States. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Jews--Biography. --Juvenile literature.

Variant title Hammering Hank Greenberg
Contents The Jewish superstar -- A New York boyhood -- Learning to be a Tiger -- Hard times in Detroit -- The Jewish Tiger -- Hammerin' Hank -- Sports take center stage -- Greenberg challenges the record -- Playing in the outfield -- A new uniform -- A move to the front office -- Hammerin' Hank's legacy.
Abstract "Born to Romanian Jewish immigrants in 1911, Hammerin' Hank Greenberg succeeded in 'America's Favorite Pastime' while battling Anti-Semitism both on and off the field"--Dust jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (p.121-122) and index.
LCCN 2010929519
ISBN9781590784525
ISBN1590784529

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