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Hammerin' Hank Greenberg

Ages: 10 and up
Pages: 136
List Price: $17.95
Cover: Hardcover
Published: 3/1/2011
ISBN: 1-59078-452-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-452-5
The first Jewish baseball hall-of-famer, who battled anti-Semitism on and off the field. Hank Greenberg was raised in New York City, the son of Romanian-Jewish immigrants, and went on to become a baseball legend. This thought-provoking biography follows him from his service during WWII, his long career with the Detroit Tigers -- where the moniker Hammerin' Hank came to life -- and finally to his role as a baseball executive. Readers will experience the prejudice Greenberg endured, even as he made his way into the annals of baseball history: two-time AL MVP, 331 home runs, and first Jewish baseball player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Archival photos add to the appeal of this amazing story.