Charles Albert Bender National Hall of Fame pitcher
"Charles Albert Bender invented the slider. He was a World Series-winning pitcher and the first Minnesotan inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He grew up poor on a farm where he worked in the fields. He lived far away from his home and family while attending an Indian boarding school i...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
Wise Ink Creative Publishing,
2020.
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| Series: | Minnesota Native American Lives series
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Table of Contents:
- From the forests to the fields
- Grade school days
- Carlisle school
- Sports
- An up-and-coming prospect
- A new ace
- The learning curve: Inventing the slider
- Racism and redemption
- Aww, shoot!
- The world series
- The king of the dynasty
- Jumping the fence
- Life after the pros
- Retirement
- Charles Bender career statistics
- Ideas for writing and discussion
- Ideas for visual projects
- Ideas for further learning
- Timeline
- About the author
- About the illustrator
- About the series editors.
