I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
by Hank Aaron
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Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story ISBN:0060163216 Author:Aaron, Hank; Wheeler, Lonnie Publisher:Harper Collins Release Date:1991 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 2353132 Notes: First edition. Signed by Hank Aaron without inscription on front endpaper. Jacket edges faded, light stain to jacket reverse and margins of a few pages, top edge foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. 333 pp. "Henry Aaron left his mark on the world by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs. But the world has also left its mark on him. 'Hammering Hank' Aaron's story is one that tells us much about baseball, naturally, but also about our times. His unique, poignant life has made him a symbol for much of the social history of twentieth-century America. Raised during the Depression in the Deep South enclave of Mobile, Alabama, Aaron broke into professional baseball as a cross-handed slugger and shortstop for the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League. A year later, he and a few others had the unforgettable mission of integrating the South Atlantic League. A year after that, he was a timid rookie leftfielder for the Milwaukee Braves, for whom he became a World Series hero in 1957 as well as the Most Valuable Player of the National League. Aaron found himself back in the South when the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1965. Nine years later, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's and baseball's most cherished
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Year: 1991
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9780060163211
- Condition: Good
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