Books written by Lew Freedman

Live from the Kenai River: Reeling 'em in with Alaska's Celebrity Fishing Guide

Relates the author's experiences as a fishing guide on Alaska's Kenai River, describing the fish he has caught, the ones that got away, and encounters with celebrity clients
Warren Spahn: A Biography of the Legendary Lefty

That Nichols kid is one of the most natural kid pitchers I've ever seen. He still has a few things to learn, but he's going to be one of the best left-handers in the National League. He can't miss.”194 Back when he was a rookie, ...
1930: The Story of a Baseball Season When Hitters Reigned Supreme

There was more than one Chet Nichols in major-league history. The earlier Chet pitched for parts of six seasons, including his 1930 adventure with the Phillies. He made it through the year 1–2 with a 6.79 ERA (and his only major-league ...
Cy Young: The Baseball Life and Career

Boston's pitching staff featured Kid Nichols, who went 35–16 with a 2.84 ERA. An eventual Hall of Famer, Nichols was a known quantity who won 362 games during his career. This was the second time he reached 30 wins in a season, ...
Buffalo Bill Cody: The Man Who Shaped the Wild West Legend

Hickok had been embroiled in the famous gunfight with David Tutt and his people in 1865. Harper's New Monthly Magazine sent a correspondent named George Ward Nichols West to interview Hickok about that event after he was acquitted by ...
Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia

(Quoted in Nichols, “Rookie Rod ...”) No pressure. This would not have been a crazy prediction if Carew had slowly worked his way up through the minors and starred at AAA. However, he was trying to make the move directly to the majors ...
The 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History

But it seems unlikely it will ever again be used as a regular facility hosting big events. NOTES. 1. Bruce Nichols, “Prototype Astrodome Celebrates 20th,” Dallas Morning News, April 10, 1985.
The Packers Experience: A Year-by-Year Chronicle of the Green Bay Packers

... Craig Newsome Hamilton Nichols Hardy Nickerson Walter Niemann Ray Nitschke Doyle Nix Fred Nixon Brian Noble Danny Noonan Al Norgard Jerry Norton Marty Norton Bob Nussbaumer Rick Nuzum Chukie Nwokorie Lee Nystrom Raleigh McKenzie Lee ...
Joe Louis: The Life of a Heavyweight

The distance from Lafayette was approximately 10 miles and the farmhouse was on County Road 50. He was named after his father's brother-in-law, Joe Louis Nichols. Record-keeping in that backwoods area was sketchy and not even Louis was ...
Going Yard: The Everything Home Run Book

Max Nichols, “A Modern Ruth? Killer Can Claim Title,” The Sporting News, April 17, 1965. Maybe I'll hit you a couple: Michael Mok, “Killebrew Homers His Way into Boy's Heart Forever,” New York Daily News, May 21, 1964.
Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon

See also Museum of Science, Boston Nichols, Harry Pierce, 45 Nilsson, Einar, 161–62, 164–66 Noel, John, 29, 43,291 Noonan, Fred, 94 Norris, Earl, 201–2 Odell, Noel, 43,291 Odom, Bill, 211–16 O'Neill, Tip, 297 Operation White Tower ...
Legendary Athletes

Legendary Athletes introduces readers to the people who have made significant impacts both athletically and socially.
Thunder on the Tundra: Football Above the Arctic Circle

This is the moving story of high school students in an isolated village at the top of Alaska starting a football team.
Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost

But his Pittsburgh Pirates couldn't score, either, and Haddix lost in the 13th inning on a controversial play. This book recounts Haddix's one-of-a-kind performance and describes the official decisions that changed the historical record.
Seventy Summits: Life on the Mountain

Seventy Summits is his tale of the beauty, danger, and surprising freedom of mountain climbing and what it has given him throughout his life. Climb Mt. McKinley with Tejas as he battles extreme cold. Scale Aconcagua and its windy peaks.
The Rise of the Seminoles: FSU Football Under Bobby Bowden

Through the writing talents of Lew Freedman, one of only two reporters covering FSU during Bowden’s time, this book follows the incredible journey the Seminoles have taken through history.
Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska

The legendary radio announcer who exits mid-game, inviting a bystander to continue the play by play. The bullpen that sneaks off to a local tavern for a few beers - during the game! But, hey! This is no joke.
New York Giants: The Complete Illustrated History

Web Sites ESPN.com NFL.com Books Barber, Tiki, with Gil Reavill, Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, New York, ... Whittingham, Richard, Giants in Their Own Words, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1992.
Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes]

In April 1989 Langley became the official pace car driver for NASCAR at all Cup competitions, and he continued in that role ... The Last American Hero was based on the Esquire magazine story by Tom Wolfe about the stock car racing star.
The 50 Greatest Plays in Chicago Bears Football History

It is not impossible that Lujack would have been remembered as one of the greatest football players of all time if he hadn't quit and/or been exiled from the game at age 27 and gone into private business. Born in western Pennsylvania, ...