Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth

Burleigh, Robert

ISBN 10: 0152045996 / ISBN 13: 9780152045999

Published by Clarion Books, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152045996
• ISBN 13: 9780152045999
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Wimmer, Mike
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Like most boys, he spent his summers playing ball on a dirt lot, but George Herman Ruth, Jr. followed his dreams to become a legend. He is the Babe—Babe Ruth—and baseball is his game.

Powerful oil paintings and spare, dramatic text draw readers into the mind of this larger-than-life sports hero. Reproductions of vintage-style baseball cards throughout the book detail Babe Ruth's career highlights.

Home Run is a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.

About the Authors

Robert Burleigh is the author of many books for children including Flight: the journey of Charles Lindbergh, which won the Orbus Pictus award. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

MIKE WIMMER is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including, Will Rogers: An American Legend by Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.