The greatest home run hitter in baseball history recounts his life, from his poor beginnings in Alabama and his job with the Negro American League to his post-baseball career as a spokesman for the advancement of blacks

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

Wheeler, Lonnie

Aaron, Hank

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson has always been one of baseball's most uncompromising stars. Gibson's no-holds-barred autobiography recounts the story of his life, from barnstorming around the segregated South with Willie Mays' black all stars to his astonishing later career as a three-time World Series winner and one of the game's all-time greatest players.

Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson

Gibson, Bob

Penguin??Books

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre. This is an unforgettable baseball history by two of its most influential superstars.

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played

Sports & Outdoors

Jackson, Reggie

Baseball

DOUBLEDAY

The first African-American mayor of Detroit recounts his life, describing his epic journey from "Big Time Red" on the Prohibition streets of Detroit to his rise in politics

Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young

Young, Coleman

Community & Culture

VIKING

An autobiography by one of baseball's greatest pitchers features recollections about his traveling through the south with Willie Mays' Black all-stars, building racial harmony on the Cardinals, and more

Viking Adult

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre. This is an unforgettable baseball history by two of its most influential superstars. From the Hardcover edition.

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & A Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played

Random House Audio |

Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson offer a candid and unfiltered look at America's pastime, discussing the art of pitching, the art of hitting, and all things baseball. Full of brush-backs, walk-off homeruns, high stakes, cold stares, epic battles, and a little chin music here and there, Sixty Feet, Six Inches is a baseball fan’s dream come true, a go to guide for how the game should be played. There is no part of the sport that these two titans do not discuss at length: big picture issues like how steroids have affected the game and handling the pressure of stardom, right next to exact descriptions of the mechanics of pitching and hitting. Filled with one-of-a-kind insider stories that recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre, it is an unforgettable baseball history by two of the game’s greatest superstars.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Henry Hammering Hank Aaron slugged his way from the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro League to the Atlanta Braves, where, on April 8, 1974, he shattered Babe Ruth's homerun record--a feat recently voted the greatest moment in baseball history. A hell of a story.--New York Times Book Review. Photographs.

I Had a Hammer

Tandem Library

Having spent a summer of observation in the famous Wrigley Field bleachers, the author chronicles the ways and antics of devoted baseball fans, young and old, in a tribute to the American institution of basbeall

Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Contemporary Books

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I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played

Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young

Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & A Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played

I Had a Hammer

Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field

Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field