Hank Greenberg
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One
By Mark KurlanskySaul Bellow invoked baseball to explain the character of Humboldt in Humboldt s Gift. Del-more Schwartz's character Faber Gottschalk, the dentist in the story "The Statues,” loves major league baseball for what it teaches him about ...
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Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
By Hank Greenberg25 Hubbard, Cal, 100 Huggins, Miller, 43, 175 Hughes, Howard, 244 Humphrey, George, 189 Humphries, Johnny, 113 Hunter, Catfish, 253 I “Iffy the Dopester.” See Bingay, Malcolm “International Jewish Olympics.
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes
By John RosengrenWhen the team returned to Detroit, Hank asked the Tigers' center fielder Barney McCosky for help. McCosky was barely twenty-three years old and had just finished his rookie season, but he was speedy and had played well.
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes
By John RosengrenBaseball during the Great Depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. Jewish player Hank Greenberg gave the people of Detroit—and America—a reason to be proud.
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Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
By Hank GreenbergThe Story of My Life tells the story of this extraordinary man in his own words, describing his childhood as the son of Eastern European immigrants in New York; his spectacular baseball career as one of the greatest home-run hitters of all ...
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Hank Greenberg: Hall-of-fame Slugger
By Ira BerkowNew York Times writer Ira Berkow presents a compelling account of the life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first Jewish ballplayer to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (Ages 10 and up)
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One
By Mark KurlanskyProfiles the Jewish-American baseball player who, in 1934, risked his chance to beat Babe Ruth's home run record by sitting out a game on Yom Kippur, and describes his impact on Jewish-American history.