"Hank Aaron hit the ball like few other baseball players could. His 755 career home runs rank second on MLB's all-time list. Learn about his journey from the Negro Leagues to the MLB record books"--.
"Hank Aaron hit the ball like few other baseball players could. His 755 career home runs rank second on MLB's all-time list. Learn about his journey from the Negro Leagues to the MLB record books"--Provided by publisher.
A biography of Hank Aaron, the last Negro League player to move into the big leagues, covering his childhood in a small Alabama town, his accomplishments as a baseball player, and the impact he continues to have today.
A biography of Hank Aaron, the last Negro League player to move into the big leagues, covering his childhood in a small Alabama town, his accomplishments as a baseball player, and the impact he continues to have today.
The legenday major league star discusses his family life and friendships, the difficulties of being an African-American, his teammates; including Clemente, Campanella, Mays, Musial, and Robinson, and his shattering of Baby Ruth's home run record.
The author, who is white, describes meeting African-American baseball hero Hank Aaron in 1998 twenty-five years after writing him a letter of support during a period when Aaron was being inundated with racist hate mail.
