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Hank Greenberg : the hero who didn't want to be one / Mark Kurlansky.
Profiles the Jewish-American baseball player who, in 1934, risked his chance to beat Babe Ruth's home run record by sitting out a game on Yom Kippur, and describes his impact on Jewish-American history.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300175141
- ISBN: 0300175140
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-151) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Jewish Hitting -- 2. A Beautiful Swing -- 3. Greenberg's Time -- 4. Becoming Hank -- 5. Henry B. Interrupted -- 6. Escaped at Last -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Greenberg, Hank. Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) Greenberg, Hank. Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) Baseball players > United States > Biography. Jews > Sports > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Biographies. |
