Hank Greenberg - The Hero of Heroes (Paperback)

Baseball 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.
But America was facing more than economic hardship. Hitler's agenda heightened the persecution of Jews abroad while anti-Semitism intensified political and social tensions in the U.S. The six-foot-four-inch Greenberg, the nation's most prominent Jew, became not only an iconic ball player, but also an important and sometimes controversial symbol of Jewish identity and the American immigrant experience.
Throughout his twelve-year baseball career and four years of military service, he heard cheers wherever he went along with anti-Semitic taunts. The abuse drove him to legendary feats that put him in the company of the greatest sluggers of the day, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig. Hank's iconic status made his personal dilemmas with religion versus team and ambition versus duty national debates.
"Hank Greenberg" is an intimate account of his life--a story of integrity and triumph over adversity and a portrait of one of the greatest baseball players and most important Jews of the twentieth century.
INCLUDES PHOTOS

General

Imprint:	Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	John Rosengren
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-451-41602-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Biography > Sport
LSN:	0-451-41602-3
Barcode:	9780451416025

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