Babe Ruth

Overview

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.

Details

Publisher

Penguin

Published

2009-03-19

Pages

208

Language

EN

Categories

Young Adult Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation, Young Adult Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century, Young Adult Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball

ISBN-13

9781101022337