
Ted Williams
Ronald A. Reis(Author)
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2008
Book
Hardback
130 pages
978-0-7910-9545-4 (ISBN)
Description
As a 19-year-old heading east to play for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams could be heard muttering over and over again, ""All I want out of life is when I walk down the street, folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.'"" Through a tumultuous, boisterous career that touched four decades, Williams worked tirelessly to perfect the science of hitting and accomplish his goal. Two-time winner of the Triple Crown, Williams hit an astonishing.406 in his 1941 season, a record that stands to this day. During his last ballpark appearance at the 1999 All-Star game, 80-year-old ""Teddy Ballgame"" achieved his childhood dream. In ""Ted Williams"", discover how this Red Sox slugger was not only a superb ballplayer, but also a world-class fisherman and a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Illustrations
full-colour & black-&-white photographs, statistics, chronology & timeline, sidebars, glossary, bibliography, further reading, web sites, index
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7910-9545-4 (9780791095454)
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Person
Ronald A. Reis is the author of 15 books, including young adult biographies of Eugenie Clark, Jonas Salk, and Lou Gehrig.