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9780020419303

Lou Gehrig One of Baseball's Greatest

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  • ISBN13:

    9780020419303

  • ISBN10:

    0020419309

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1986-10-31
  • Publisher: Aladdin
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Summary

In this edition of one of the most popular series for children, young readers will learn about famous baseball player Lou Gehrig’s childhood.

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies—easily read by children aged eight and up—today's youngster is swept into history.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

``Merry Christmas!''
11(9)
Let's Play Ball
20(22)
Louie Learns a Lesson
42(17)
The Boys Get into Mischief
59(22)
Louie Makes the Team
81(7)
Fun for Mom and Louie
88(15)
Lou Goes to High School
103(27)
Trouble in School
130(9)
Lou Earns Five Dollars
139(10)
City Champions
149(11)
The Big Game
160(15)
The Yankee Slugger
175(10)
``The Greatest Example''
185

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