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Babe Ruth Hardcover - 2009

by Wilborn Hampton


Summary

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.

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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.

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  • Title Babe Ruth
  • Author Wilborn Hampton
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 203
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Children's Books
  • Date 2009-03-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780670063055 / 0670063053
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.3 x 5.38 x 0.78 in (18.54 x 13.67 x 1.98 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 1120
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, Ruth, Babe
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008021550
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Wilborn Hampton has been an editor and book and theater critic for the New York Times. He is also the award-winning author of "Up Close: Elvis Presley" (Viking) and "Kennedy Assassinated!." He lives in New York City.
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