
Babe Ruth
Guernsey Van Riper Jr(Author)
Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Published on 17. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4814-2507-0 (ISBN)
Description
A narrative portrait of the iconic Baseball Hall of Fame inductee's childhood imagines his years spent in an orphanage and reformatory, his introduction to baseball by monks, and the influences that shaped his subsequent athletic achievements.
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Edition
Reissue ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4814-2507-0 (9781481425070)
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Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children's books.