Author: | Wilborn Hampton | ISBN: | 9781101022337 |
Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group | Publication: | March 19, 2009 |
Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers | Language: | English |
Author: | Wilborn Hampton |
ISBN: | 9781101022337 |
Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Publication: | March 19, 2009 |
Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
Language: | English |
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 Hampton shares with readers The Babe was also a man of big heart, temper, and appetite.
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 Hampton shares with readers The Babe was also a man of big heart, temper, and appetite.