
Hank Aaron
Jamie Poolos(Author)
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7910-9844-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a fascinating biography of one of baseball's greatest players.Hank Aaron broke into the major leagues in 1954 with the Milwaukee Braves and spent the next 21 seasons making baseball history with the organization. He is perhaps best known for setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755-a record that was only recently broken by Barry Bonds. Aaron owns the major league record for total bases (6,856), extrabase hits (1,477), and RBI (2,297). Aaron, who appeared in a record-tying 24 All-Star games, won three Gold Gloves for his play in right field and was the 1957 National League MVP. And in 1982, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Career statistics, along with lively photographs, insightful sidebars, and engrossing text, make ""Hank Aaron"" a hard-hitting biography of one of baseball's most memorable players.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Illustrations
23 full-colour & black-&-white photographs, index, bibliography, glossary, chronology & timeline, sidebars, further reading, web sites, statistics
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
271 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7910-9844-8 (9780791098448)
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Person
J. Poolos is the author of nine books of nonfiction for young readers and has written user guides for video games about baseball and other sports. He lives in San Francisco, California.