Babe Ruth A Twentieth-Century Life |
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| Author:
| Hampton, Wilborn |
| Series title: | Up Close Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-670-06305-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Viking Juvenile |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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Babe Ruth is still regarded as perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to step on a diamond. Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at age seven, where he learned how to play baseball. Initially a talented southpaw, the Babe went on to shatter every home-run record on the books'and when fewer games were played in a season and a heavier ball was used. In this engaging and fast-paced biography, award-winning author Wilborn...
More DescriptionBabe Ruth is still regarded as perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to step on a diamond. Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at age seven, where he learned how to play baseball. Initially a talented southpaw, the Babe went on to shatter every home-run record on the books'and when fewer games were played in a season and a heavier ball was used. In this engaging and fast-paced biography, award-winning author Wilborn Hampton shares with readers The Babe was also a man of big heart, temper, and appetite.