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Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King

Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King

Michelson, Richard
Pullen, Zachary

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ISBN10: 1585364657
ISBN13: 9781585364657
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: Feb 14 2011
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.20 Depth: 11.10
Language: English
Awards: National Jewish Book Award

Award-winning author Richard Michelson chronicles the meteoric rise of one of baseball's earliest (and unsung) champions.

In the mid 1800s the sport of baseball was working its way across the United States. Amateur teams were springing up and in 1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed. Young men were eager to show their prowess on the field and in the batter's box. Lipman Pike's father, a Dutch immigrant, runs a small haberdashery in Brooklyn, New York, though Lip is more interested in watching the ball players than working behind the counter. His mother doesn't approve -- Jewish boys should be paying attention to more sensible matters. But when Lip is barely a teenager, he's invited to join the Nationals Junior Club and play first base. When he hits his first pitch over the right fielder's head, Lip knows baseball is the sport for him.

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