Wopper: How Babe Ruth Lost His Father and Won the 1918 World Series Against the C - Couverture souple

Amoroso, Frank

 
9781630620097: Wopper: How Babe Ruth Lost His Father and Won the 1918 World Series Against the C
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1630620092 ISBN 13 : 9781630620097
Editeur : simply francis publishing company, 2017

Synopsis

Every city has at least one Pigtown, a neighborhood where life is as squalid and deplorable as the name implies. Pigtown is the inspirational tale of George Herman “Babe” Ruth who grew up amid tragedy and trouble to become the greatest baseball player to ever wear a major league uniform.Death and tragedy devastate his family leaving him to survive the wreckage on his own. By the age of seven he is an incorrigible street urchin living a life of petty crime as the ringleader of the Bunny Hole Gang. His life changes dramatically when he becomes an inmate at St. Mary’s Industrial School where he learns discipline and the love of baseball. “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.” Under the fatherly influence of Brother Matthias, Babe must face the demons that destroyed his family. With war hysteria raging and nativist Americans persecuting German-Americans, his saloonkeeper father tries to cope with heartbreaking tragedy. Pigtown chronicles how Babe prevails in a world gone mad and how he fights for his first love.

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Éditeur
simply francis publishing company
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1630620092
ISBN 13 
9781630620097
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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Personne responsable
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