Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life - Hardcover

Hank Greenberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812917413 ISBN 13: 9780812917413

Publisher: Crown, 1989

Synopsis

"... a compelling story of a man who, besides being a symbol of strength and courage for his own people, stood out like a beacon for everyone who has enjoyed the thrill of watching a batted ball soar out of sight. Hank Greenberg was a Hall of Famer in every way." Peter V. Ueberroth. This book was edited with an introduction by Ira Berkow.

About this title

About the Author:

Hank Greenberg (1911-1986) led the Detroit Tigers to four pennants and two World Series titles, and in 1938 came within two home runs of Babe Ruth's 60-home-run record. Ira Berkow, who provided textual background for Greenberg's autobiography, is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times sports columnist and author of many books, including Red: A Biography of Red Smith and Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life.

From Publishers Weekly:

For many, baseball's charm thrives on the oral tradition of grandfathers, with grandsons on their laps, passing down, in proper reverential tones, the legacy of players and memories. The late Greenberg captures that spirit here, blending the right combination of humility and fact to recount a career in which this first Jewish baseball star was considered not only the greatest and most powerful right-handed hitter in the major leagues but a successful baseball general manager and investment broker as well. He seems comfortable with the life he led, not disturbed by the reactions his being a Jew brought out in his contemporaries on the field and in the stands and explaining how he turned anti-Semitic incidents into positive motivational responses on his part rather than striking back in other ways. Because he died before the book was finished, Berkow, sportswriter for the New York Times , has filled gaps with interviews with Greenberg's family and contemporaries. Their memories lack the balance the baseball star's own text possesses and the prose becomes syrupy and muddling. Luckily these added reminiscences occupy little space.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0812917413
• ISBN 13: 9780812917413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 311
• Editor: Ira Berkow