
Lou Gehrig, One of Baseball's Greatest
One of Baseball's Greatest
Guernsey Van Riper(Author)
Prentice Hall & IBD (Publisher)
Published on 31. October 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-02-041930-3 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hemel Hempstead
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
Target group
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-041930-3 (9780020419303)
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Persons
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.