Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest

by Guernsey Van Riper Jr., Paul Laune (Illustrator)

Overview

In this edition of one of the most popular series for children, young readers will learn about famous baseball player Lou Gehrig’s childhood.

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies—easily read by children aged eight and up—today's youngster is swept into history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780020419303
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	10/31/1986
Series:	Childhood of Famous Americans
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	467,591
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children’s books.