LIPMAN PIKE- AMERICA'S FIRST HOME RUN KING

Michelson, Richard

ISBN 10: 1585364657 / ISBN 13: 9781585364657

Published by Sleeping Bear, MI, 2011

About this Item

SIGNED/INSCRIBED; "FOR CHARLIE- A FUTURE M.V.P. RICHARD MICHELSON". Wonderful picture book about America's first HOME RUN KING- LIPMAN PIKE. A "must" for baseball fans. Takes place in Brooklyn in the mid- 1800's. Seller Inventory # 016980

Bibliographic Details

Title: LIPMAN PIKE- AMERICA'S FIRST HOME RUN KING

Publisher: Sleeping Bear, MI

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Pullen, Zachary

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Prt

About this title

Synopsis:

Award-winning author Richard Michelson chronicles the meteoric rise of one of baseball's earliest (and unsung) champions.

In the mid 1800s the sport of baseball was working its way across the United States. Amateur teams were springing up and in 1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed. Young men were eager to show their prowess on the field and in the batter's box. Lipman Pike's father, a Dutch immigrant, runs a small haberdashery in Brooklyn, New York, though Lip is more interested in watching the ball players than working behind the counter. His mother doesn't approve -- Jewish boys should be paying attention to more sensible matters. But when Lip is barely a teenager, he's invited to join the Nationals Junior Club and play first base. When he hits his first pitch over the right fielder's head, Lip knows baseball is the sport for him.

About the Authors:

Richard Michelson is a prize-winning poet and children's book author. His numerous books for children have received a New Yorker Best Book Award, a Children's Book Committee Book of the Year and a Jewish Book Council Book of the Month. In addition to being an author, Mr. Michelson is a popular guest speaker. Within the past year he has lectured, and read from his works in India, Eastern Europe, and throughout the United States. Michelson has written for the New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Nextbook and other publications. He is the Curator of Exhibitions at The National Yiddish Book Center and owns R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Zachary Pullen’s picture-book illustrations have won awards and garnered starred reviews. He has been honored several times with acceptance into the prestigious Society of Illustrators juried shows and Communication Arts Illustration Annual of the best in current illustration. Zak lives in Wyoming.