Hank Aaron brave in every way
A biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Harcourt,
c2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unumbered) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0152020934 |
| Author Notes: | He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1967 and the New York University School of Law in 1970. While at Dartmouth, he began writing about sports for The Daily Dartmouth, which led to stints with the New York Times and the Boston Globe. It was also at Dartmouth where he became friends with Robert Ariel "Red" Rolfe, the former New York Yankees third baseman and the school's athletic director. Rolfe entertained him for hours with stories of the famous Yankees teams of the 1930's, which had a profound impact on Golenbock's unintended career path. After graduating law school, he eventually landed a job in the legal department of Prentice-Hall Publishing. Surprisingly, he was able to convince the head of the trade book division to allow him to write about the Yankees. The resulting book, Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-64, became an instant bestseller, the first of many for Golenbock. Among his best-known works to follow include; The Bronx Zoo, Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Balls, with Graig Nettles, Bats, with Davey Johnson, Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball, and Teammates, a children's book about the relationship between Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese. His latest work is entitled Rage: The Legend of "Baseball Bill" Denehy. (Bowker Author Biography) |
