Glenn Stout
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and before anyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herself physically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. It was, and still is, a feat more incredible and uncommon than scaling Mount Everest. Upon her return to the United States, "Trudy of America" became the most famous woman...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A 2012 Top Ten Sports Book as selected by Booklist, winner of the 2011 Seymour Medal and Larry Ritter Award from the Society for American Baseball Research, and finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction, Fenway 1912 is the remarkable story of Fenway's very first year.
Even people who aren't fans of baseball know Fenway Park. More than just a ballpark, it is a part of American culture, and has been for nearly one hundred years. From...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Baseball Heroes is the first book in the middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exemplifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Able to Play shares the inspiring stories of four baseball players. Mordecai (Three Finger) Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride faced physical challenges other players did not have. With determination and guts, they didn't just overcome; they excelled. This book is a game-changing celebration of overcoming odds.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The complete story surrounding the most famous and significant player transaction in professional sports The sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments in baseball history, changing the fortunes of two of baseball's most storied franchises, and helping to create the legend of the greatest player the game has ever known. More than a simple transaction, the sale resulted in a deal that created...
12) Against all odds
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Profiles athletes and teams that either fell far, far behind or made a terrible mistake, but refused to give up or quit.
14) Nine months at Ground Zero: the story of the brotherhood of workers who took on a job like no other
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
17) Michael Jordan
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First revised edition.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, and later with the Washington Wizards.
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