Have you ever heard of Hammerin' Hank, the Splendid Splinter, the Bambino, or the Georgia Peach? They were some of the most talented sluggers ever to lay hands on a baseball bat. Inside are the facinating stories of Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb-plus a look at some...
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Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.
Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players...
Introduces the origins and achievements of five talented and influential hockey players: Gordie Howe, Jacques Plante, Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, and Wayne Gretzky.
Discusses the life and hockey career of the man nicknamed "The Great One" and hailed as the best player in the history of the NHL.
Describes how and why such men as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird became great basketball players.
Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.
A biography of the youngest player, and the first person of color, ever to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Presents a biography of the professional golfer, who at the age of twenty-one, became the first person of color and the youngest player to win the Masters Golf Tournament.