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Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth

by Robert Burleigh · 1995

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Like most boys, he spent his summers playing ball on a dirt lot, but George Herman Ruth, Jr. followed his dreams to become a legend. He is the Babe—Babe Ruth—and baseball is hisgame.

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Powerful oil paintings and spare, dramatic text draw readers into the mind of this larger-than-life sports hero. Reproductions of vintage-style baseball cards throughout the book detail Babe Ruth's career highlights.

Home Runis a compelling portrait of a man, and of a time when baseball was truly America's game.

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picture bookschildrens
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short · 32 pages

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