Joe Stoshack's at it again, this time going back in time through baseball cards to see if Babe Ruth really predicted his legendary home run in the 1932 World Series. This third book in Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series will score high with fans of the other two--and new readers to the series will shout for more!
Based on newly discovered documents and interviews, "The Big Bam" traces Ruth's life from his childhood in an orphanage to his amazing baseball career in Boston and New York where he entered the record books as the world's most explosive slugger.
In one frenzied season, a book title has become imprinted in the consciousness of American sports fans. The Curse of the Bambino, a phrase Dan Shaughnessy has coined, will live in infamy for Red Sox fans because it summs up 70 years of horror and heartbreak which all began when Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees. With old-fashioned New England ...
In 1931, the New York Yankees stopped in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for an exhibition game against the city's minor league team which had a 17-year-old girl named Jackie Mitchell as its pitcher. On that April day, Jackie made baseball history. Full color.
Babe Ruth remains the most popular player in the history of baseball. The slugger for the New York Yankees established a home run record in the 1927 season, just a year before joining the league of authors. Babe Ruth's Own Book is a who's who of old-time greats-Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and many others. It describes the Babe's rise from ...
The ultimate book for any true baseball fan, "Babe Ruth" tells the story of his groundbreaking career as well as memorable tales from his often-colorful life off the field. Featuring a winning lineup of rare and never-before-published photographs, the book also includes pullout facsimile reproductions of memorabilia such as World Series tickets ...
Unparalleled by any other baseball star in history, Babe Ruth was a lively character remembered for his dramatic heroism on the baseball diamond and in his life. Kal Wagenheim illustrates this larger-than-life athlete in his book Babe Ruth: His Life & Legend, and describes him as both a product of his childhood in Baltimore and of his formative ...
In the crisp, evocative prose of Lawrence Ritter and in Mark Rucker's glorious selection of 350 rare photographs, the rollicking golden age of George Herman "Babe" Ruth comes strikingly to life.
It's the Roaring Twenties, and Frank Hearn is a bootlegger on the skids, and when a crucial shipment eludes him, the only consolation is a piece of paper he finds, that seems to be an IOU for $7000--and it's signed by the one and only Babe Ruth. Frank travels to the Yankees' spring-training camp in Florida along with the irresistible Ginger DeMore ...
In dozens of articles, "Sultans of Swat" retells the dramatic moments and incredible careers of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and Mickey Mantle, the four legendary New York Yankee Hall of Famers. Vintage photos.
The greatest baseball legend ever invented-which was broken in 2004 after 86 years-is told here, explaining how the fate of the Boston Red Sox was sealed when they sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
When Babe Ruth's prize bat goes missing, Yankee Irving finds it in time for the World Series, proving it takes heart to hit a home run in baseball and in life.
Stevens tells the moving, sentimental, and humorous story of her life as the daughter of one of America's most revered personalities, with never-before-seen glimpses of Babe Ruth as a family man. Photos throughout.
After young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends' baseball through a window, he runs in fear to his father's tavern--and finds a dollar bill on the counter. It's enough to buy all of his friends ice cream, but Babe soon learns a lesson about stealing. Full color.
In a remarkable wedding of words and pictures, this grand slam gift book tells larger-than-life story of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the man who most agree was the greatest baseball player ever. 350 color and b&w photos.
The story of Babe Ruth's life is both inspirational and exciting. Born George Herman Ruth, the Babe came to be the greatest slugger in history. His amazing home-run hitting made him one of the most famous baseball players of all time, and his record of 714 runs wasn't broken until 1974.
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 booksaand when ...
It's 1919 and baseball is in trouble. All across the country, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America's national pastime. It's up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball. Can he do it, or will he strike out? Full color.
At once a contemporary mystery and a historical tale, this novel flashes between two eras, linking authentic historical events and actual occurrences of the 1920s to a present day investigation. Babe Ruth, one of America's greatest heroes, was a black man who had to hide his heritage, always under the stress and threat of losing his career. Yet he ...
'One of the best sports biographies ever; Smelser beautifully evokes the life of baseball's most wondrous player and the times he lived in' - Donald Honig, author of "Baseball When the Grass Was Real". 'Although many books have appeared about George Herman Ruth in the past half century, in my opinion Marshall Smelser's leads all the rest. Readers ...
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