Download or read book The Tall Mexican The Life of Hank Aguirre All Star Pitcher Businessman Humanitarian written by Robert E. Copley and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2000-02-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the All-Star major-league pitcher whose commitment to his Hispanic heritage led him to found Mexican Industries to help provide economic opportunities to the inner-city Detroit community.
Download or read book Hank Pitcher written by Jennifer Sammet and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This large and lavishly illustrated publication is the first hardbound, career-long survey on California painter Hank Pitcher. Pitcher has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the College of Creative Studies for almost fifty years. He is widely recognized as one of the most important and serious painters to capture surf and beach culture. As a young man, he designed the logo and named the company for Mr. Zog's Sex Wax - an internationally known product for surfboards. A student of Paul Wonner and a colleague of Charles Garabedian, Paul Georges, Gregory Botts, and John McCracken among many others, Pitcher has a unique claim as a student of both East and West Coast schools of post-abstract figurative painting. W
Download or read book The Pitcher written by Mitchell Frogge and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-04-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Roberts was the best baseball player of generation, but he never went professional. After not playing for 16 years he sneaks in the spring training and earns a place on the Indianapolis Comets. He lands a contract where he is allowed to choose which games he pitches until he looses. He starts with the first game of the season. However, in mid-April team management discovers John dark secret, one that will only allow possibly the most talented player of all time to play for one season. John is helped in his quest by old friends from high school and new ones in the form of the Indianapolis Comets players, coaches, and owner. He plays the entire summer, leading his team into the playoffs even as the team management fights to keep his secret hidden from the league and the press. In October, John gathers what strength he has left to face the World Series and the terrible exposure of his secret.
Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1930-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Download or read book Henry Aaron s Dream written by Matt Tavares and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book biography of African-American baseball player Hank Aaron.
Download or read book Amen Corner written by Pete Liebengood and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy in his late teens with incredible vertical jumping skills is the first nonclone drafted by an International Football League team in fifteen years since the league converted to clones-only players in 2041. Orphaned at birth and raised by Catholic nuns, Patrick Caravan is coveted by the San Jose Routers for his potential for turning end zone fade routes into touchdowns. The resistance to a nonclone playing in the league is fierce and widespread. In addition to coping with instant celebrity and the disdain of nearly everyone in the game, young Caravan is obsessed with learning the identity of his real parents. That leads to a complicated extortion plot against the mother superior who raised him. Young Caravan fulfills his potential, triumphing with a leaping fade route catch that tops the scoring but, because of complications, doesnt win his team the Super Bowl.
Download or read book Hank Greenberg written by John Rosengren and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball during the Great Depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. Jewish player Hank Greenberg gave the people of Detroit—and America—a reason to be proud. But America was facing more than economic hardship. Hitler’s agenda heightened the persecution of Jews abroad while anti-Semitism intensified political and social tensions in the U.S. The six-foot-four-inch Greenberg, the nation’s most prominent Jew, became not only an iconic ball player, but also an important and sometimes controversial symbol of Jewish identity and the American immigrant experience. Throughout his twelve-year baseball career and four years of military service, he heard cheers wherever he went along with anti-Semitic taunts. The abuse drove him to legendary feats that put him in the company of the greatest sluggers of the day, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig. Hank’s iconic status made his personal dilemmas with religion versus team and ambition versus duty national debates. Hank Greenberg is an intimate account of his life—a story of integrity and triumph over adversity and a portrait of one of the greatest baseball players and most important Jews of the twentieth century. INCLUDES PHOTOS
Download or read book The Team that Forever Changed Baseball and America written by Lyle Spatz and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers in contextualized biographies of the players, managers, and everyone else important to the team.
Download or read book The California Coast written by Karen Misuraca and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a rugged, mountainous northern shore fringed with redwood forests to the inviting beaches of southern California; from the world-famous cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles to the historic Spanish towns of Santa Barbara and Monterey; from the wild Big Sur to the quaint fishermans villages of Mendocino and Eureka, The California Coast describes the look and local color of this 1,200 mile strip of the Pacific Rim. Visitors and residents alike will treasure this tribute to the breathtakingly beautiful California coastline. Karen Misuraca is a travel journalist, book publicist, and author of several books on the Golden State. Gary Crabbe is an internationally published, award-winning freelance photographer.
Download or read book The Ultimate Yankees Record Book written by David Fischer and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring every relevant team record, statistic, and award winner from the New York Yankees' incredible past, this book includes a comprehensive collection of all-time leaders in every conceivable category, from hits to strikeouts. From the team's 27 World Series titles and Roger Maris's 61 home runs to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and eyewitness accounts of when Babe Ruth famously called his shot, this reference captures the legends and lore of the Yankees. More than a collection of statistics, this guide provides profiles of the men behind the records and explores the context in which they were set while featuring stories which, in many cases, are even more fascinating than the actual records. Historical game details and evocative photographs blend with compelling statistics and the great players responsible for them to capture the rich history of this storied and celebrated franchise.
Download or read book Still Pitching written by Jim Kaat and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He pitched to Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn. His career spanned three commissioners, four decades and five times in six cities. Before he becomes elected to the baseball Hall of Fame, learn about the fascinating career of one of the most unheralded hurlers.
Download or read book We re Here Because We re Here written by Roxanne Davis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-and-ex chronicle about growing up in Los Angeles, California, during the tumultuous transition from the placid fifties to the raucous sixties, with the omnipresence of Disneyland and Hollywood making personal memories feel like remembering a ride or a movie. Popular songs from the radio, show tunes and ballads create an inadvertent soundtrack to a sometimes troubling and often quirky coming-of-age story.
Download or read book General Catalogue written by Santa Barbara State Teachers College and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering Henry written by Jim Bark and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Aaron was admired and respected by his former teammates and opponents. REMEMBERING HENRY offers written proof. Jim Bark wrote to former MLB players and asked them to share some thoughts on Henry Aaron. This book is a collection of their replies. Done in a similar format as his first book REMEMBERING ROBERTO, each comment is accompanied by a baseball card of the player along with a brief biography. Among the players contributing to this book are Darrell Evans, Ralph Garr, Tom House, Paul Molitor, Jim Colborn, Goose Gossage, Bobby Richardson, Don Kessinger, George Altman, Steve Blass, Bobby Shantz, Larry Bowa, and Jon Matlack. A nice tribute to Henry Aaron, the player and the man.
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Download or read book Surfing about Music written by Timothy J. Cooley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--First printed page.
Download or read book Who s who in the Major Leagues written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
