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HANK AARON & The Home Run That Changed America-Stanto
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like new
- Seller notes
- Type
- Sports
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Age Level
- Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Subjects
- Baseball
- Subject
- Sports Biography
- ISBN
- 9780060579760
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
- Topic
- Baseball / History, Discrimination & Race Relations, Baseball / General, History, Historical
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Product Information
Baseball has witnessed more than 125,000 major-league home runs. Many have altered the outcomes of games, and some, swatted into the stands on dramatic last swings, have decided pennants and won reputations. But no home run has played a more significant role in influencing American society than Hank Aaron's 715th. Aaron's historic blast -- and the yearlong quest leading up to it -- not only shook baseball but the world at large. It exposed prejudice, energized a flagging civil rights movement, inspired a generation of children, and also called forth the dark demons that haunted Aaron's every step and turned what should have been a joyous pursuit into a hellish nightmare. In Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America, Tom Stanton, author of the prize-winning The Final Season, penetrates the burnished myth of Aaron's chase and uncovers the compelling story behind the most consequential athletic achievement of the past fifty years. The tale takes place during tumultuous times, the years of 1973 and 1974, as the Watergate scandal unfolds and the Vietnam War sputters to an end. It's the era of Ali and Archie Bunker, of Wounded Knee and Patty Hearst, of Roe v. Wade and Billie Jean King versus Bobby Riggs, of oil shortages, and of a nation struggling with deep divisions. At the center of the social storm stands a private, dignified man -- Hank Aaron -- who rises to accept the mantle of his recently deceased idol, Jackie Robinson, and becomes emboldened by the purpose of his mission: to break the record of sport's greatest legend, Babe Ruth, not only for himself but for the advancement of all African Americans and for the good of his country. Along the way, Aaron endures bigots, zealous fans, hate mail, FBI investigations, bodyguards, the ambivalence of his adopted hometown, a batting slump unlike any other, the sniping comments of Babe Ruth's widow, the slights of baseball's commissioner, a string of controversies, and constant threats to his and his children's lives. The story features a rich cast of characters: a friend and sometime rival, Willie Mays, who must come to terms with the end of his own career; Aaron's hard-as-iron protector, manager Eddie Mathews; a young, self-assured, occasionally cocky protégé, Dusty Baker; a future president, Jimmy Carter; a preacher of rising prominence, the Reverend Jesse Jackson; stars like Willie Stargell and Tom Seaver; and a roster of equally colorful, lesser-known peers. But at the heart of the narrative is Hank Aaron, a class player who refused to preen at home plate or strut shamelessly around the bases even as he reached the pinnacle of the national pastime. Three decades later, Tom Stanton brings to life on these pages the elusive spirit of an American hero.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060579765
ISBN-13
9780060579760
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5938921
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Discrimination & Race Relations, Baseball / General, History, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-046092
Lc Classification Number
Gv865.A25s83 2004
Reviews
Engaging...The real story here...is of the trials this wondrous player endured on the way to his big moment., Stanton captures the embittering and, finally, uplifting sides of Aaron's personal story from that record-breaking campaign.
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
796.357/092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
256 Pages
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- 10 Feb, 2021
Mr. Aaron's trials (and those of all people of color) powerfully documented in this work. Little has changed since in the hearts of some people.
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