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Loading... Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run Kingby Richard Michelson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was an interesting guy. Certainly it gives a new look to the old game of baseball or "base", as it was being called at that time. The prejudice that Lipman endured thanks to being a Jewish man from New York was certainly presented clearly here. It also interestingly brings up the idea of professional athletes who are paid for playing the game and how it initially was met with resistance. Not that I'm a big fan of where professional athletes' pay scale has gotten to now, but it was interesting to see how it came about. ( ) Genre: Biography Media: Acrylic, colored pencil Summary: I would use this book in my classroom to teach about biographies and an example of a biography that may have made up parts. I could also use this to engage sports lovers in the class to read. This book discusses Lipman Pike's life and what aspired him to continue to play baseball to the highest level and become the first home run king. no reviews | add a review
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. Award-winning author Richard Michelson chronicles the meteoric rise of one of baseball's earliest (and unsung) champions. Richard Michelson's poetry and children's books have been listed among the year's best books by The New Yorker, the New York Public Library, and the Jewish Book Council. His A is for Abraham: A Jewish Alphabet won the 2009 Sydney Taylor Award Silver Medal. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Zachary Pullen's picture-book illustrations have won awards and garnered starred reviews. He has been honored several times with acceptance into the prestigious Society of Illustrators juried shows and Communication Arts Illustration Annual of the best in current illustration. Zak lives in Wyoming. No library descriptions found. |
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