Hank Greenberg : the hero who didn't want to be one / Mark Kurlansky.
By: Kurlansky, Mark
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TextSeries: Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.): Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.Description: xiv, 164 p. : port. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780300136609 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0300136609 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Greenberg, Hank | Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) | Baseball players -- United States -- Biography | Jews -- Sports -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 796.357092 | B | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 796.357092 K965 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003620119 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.
Prologue: The one holy day -- Jewish hitting -- A beautiful swing -- Greenberg's time -- Becoming Hank -- Henry B. interrupted -- Escaped at last -- Epilogue: More holy days.
Profiles the Jewish-American baseball player who, in 1934, risked his chance to beat Babe Ruth's home run record by sitting out a game on Yom Kippur, and describes his impact on Jewish-American history.
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