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Hank Greenberg : the hero who didn't want to be one  Cover Image E-book E-book

Hank Greenberg : the hero who didn't want to be one

Kurlansky, Mark. (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 0300175140
  • ISBN: 9780300175141
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) : illustrations
    remote
  • 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.
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.

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