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Hank Aaron A Biography
Charlie Vascellaro
Book Code: GR3001
ISBN: 0-313-33001-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33001-8
208 pages, photos; tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2005
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £18.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [A]n excellent pick for public libraries and high schools seeking lasting biographical references with depth....An outstanding survey of an outstanding key player in the professional sport of American baseball.
    —KNLS Bookwatch/MBR Internet Bookwatch     July 1, 2005
Description: At the time of Hank Aaron's birth in 1934, Babe Ruth reigned as baseball's home run king, and the Negro Leagues were an African American's only hope of playing professional baseball. Latent hopes for a different future thrived on Carver Park in Alabama, however, where a young Hank Aaron was soon to be seen perfecting the powerful stroke that would later make him one of the greatest hitters and most revered players in the history of the game. The owner of over 3,000 career base hits, the winner of two batting titles and one world championship, and the all time RBI leader and home run king, Hank Aaron began his historic career integrating the South Atlantic League, and spent much of his professional tenure as a member of the only major league team in the South. Despite the animosity that thus surrounded him both at home and on the road, Aaron never ceased to excel, and even achieved his most enduring feat-breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record-under threats to his own life. This enlightening biography provides a stunning portrait of one of the great hitters and great men of major league baseball history. 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
  • Introduction
  • Chronology of Hank Aaron's Life and Career
  • An Alabama Childhood, 1934-1947
  • Big League Dreams, 1947-1951
  • Tears of a Clown, 1952
  • "Eau" to Be Young Again--Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1952
  • Integrating Baseball in the Deep South--Jacksonville Florida, 1953
  • Broken Bones and Other Breaks, 1953-1954
  • "Happy Days" in Milwaukee, 1954-1956
  • When Dreams Come True, 1957
  • The End of Two Eras, 1958-1966
  • The Launching Pad, 1966-1972
  • The Chase, 1973-1974
  • Back to Milwaukee and Beyond
  • "They Say I'm Bitter"
  • Appendix: Henry Aaron's Career and Post-Season Statistics
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004023601
LCC Class: GV865
Dewey Class: 796
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