Hobey Baker, American Legend - Softcover

Salvini, Emil R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976345307 ISBN 13: 9780976345305

Publisher: The Hobey Baker Foundation, 2005

Synopsis

The most famous athlete of his era, Hobey Baker dazzled teammates and rivals alike. Handsome, charming and supremely athletic, he is the only individual to be inducted in both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. Three years after graduating from Princeton, Baker fought in World War One along with flying ace Eddie Rickenbaker against the deadly Flying Circus of Baron Richthofen, the Red Knight of Germany. Baker's untimely death at age 27 in France just as the Great War ended has been shrouded in mystery for almost ninety years. Salvini puts the mystery to rest after all of these years.

Fellow Princetonian F. Scott Fitzgerald described Baker as, "an ideal worthy of everything in my enthusiastic admiration, yet consummated and expressed in a human being who stood within ten feet of me."

About this title

From the Publisher:

Hobey Baker, American Legend is a gripping story of chivalry, adventure and courage during the final days of America's age of innocence. His biography is highly recommended for adults and students seeking a wholesome story of a true American hero. He was the quintessential gentleman athlete in the era before the world of sports was tarnished by controversy. The book contains a foreword by Senator Bill Bradley and an introduction by Charles Scribner III.

About the Author:

Emil Salvini is the author of the bestselling history of Cape May, NJ, The Summer City by the Sea, An Illustrated History of Cape May, NJ and the soon to be released, Boardwalk Memories, Tales of the Jersey Shore.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Hobey Baker Foundation
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0976345307
• ISBN 13: 9780976345305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164