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Hampton, Wilborn

Up Close: Babe Ruth

205 pp. | Viking | March, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-06305-5 $16.99
(2) YA This plain-dealing biography reveals Ruth's rough-and-tumble childhood--when he was seven his parents sent him to a home for orphans and juvenile delinquents; baseball was his ticket out. Later chapters chronicle Ruth's baseball triumphs and his notorious off-field behavior. This is a candid portrait of a glorious athlete and an imperfect man whose "very name is synonymous with greatness." Ind.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009

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