Bøker av Ronald A. Reis

Never missing a game during his career, the six-time All-Star - Lou Gehrig - set the American League record with 184 RBI in 1931, hit a record 23 grand slams, won two Most Valuable Player awards, and won the 1934 Triple Crown. This biography celebrates a man who was not only a baseball great but also a true American hero.

As a 19-year-old heading east to play for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams could be heard muttering over and over again, ""All I want out of life is when I walk down the street, folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.'"" This title shows how this Red Sox slugger was a superb ballplayer.

Though at first shunned when it was made clear that the Civil War was to be a white man's fight, Northern blacks sought to contribute to the war effort from the moment volunteers were called. This book lets you discover how, according to President Abraham Lincoln, black soldiers made the difference between victory and defeat.