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Rogers Hornsby A Biography
Jonathan D'Amore
Book Code: GR2870
ISBN: 0-313-32870-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32870-1
192 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £18.95)
Discount Price: $22.37 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 30%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [T]he perfect length for those "read a biography of these many pages" projects that teachers perennially assign. It would also serve any researcher well as a starting point for a project....Librarians should consider purchasing titles in this series to beef up their biography collections in anticipation of those annual assignments.
    —VOYA     August 2005
Description: Rogers Hornsby has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter and the second highest career mark overall. "The Rajah" won seven batting titles and hit over .400 three times. He was also one of baseball's most successful player-managers, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a historic World Series triumph over the Yankees in 1926. Hornsby had an unrivaled passion for baseball; as a young player, he once even donned a disguise to play in a women's league. But his unyielding drive to succeed often alienated him from lesser players, and his penchant for the racetrack made him powerful enemies in baseball's higher ranks. Jonathan D'Amore presents a fascinating look at this outstanding hitter and complicated man. It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history, written by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a timeline, bibliography, and index. In addition, each volume includes a "Making of a Legend" chapter that analyses the evolution of the player's fame and (in some cases) infamy.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology of Rogers Hornsby's Life and Career
  • Introduction
  • Stockyards and Sandlots
  • Growing Into the National League
  • Money
  • The Rajah
  • A Championship
  • "New York's New Babe Ruth"
  • Peaks and Valleys
  • The Great Depression
  • To Baseball's Hinterlands and Back
  • Epilogue
  • A Hitter's Legacy
  • Appendix: Roger Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004053047
LCC Class: GV865
Dewey Class: 796
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