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Author Kurlansky, Mark.

Title Hank Greenberg : the hero who didn't want to be one / Mark Kurlansky
Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) : illustrations
Series Jewish lives
Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Jewish Hitting -- 2. A Beautiful Swing -- 3. Greenberg's Time -- 4. Becoming Hank -- 5. Henry B. Interrupted -- 6. Escaped at Last -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-151) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Greenberg, Hank.
SUBJECT Greenberg, Hank fast
Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)
SUBJECT Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) fast
Subject Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Jews -- Sports -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
Baseball players
Jews -- Sports
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010044279
ISBN 9780300175141
0300175140