Glenn Stout
Author
Language
English
Description
"By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She'd won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. but the greatest challenge remained: the English Channel. Only a few swimmers, none of them women, had ever made the treacherous twenty-one mile crossing. Trudy's failed first attempt seemed to confirm what many naysayers believed: no woman could possibly accomplish such a thing. In 1926,...
3) Kobe Bryant
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This biography gives readers a courtside seat to the achievements of one of basketball's greatest legends as it traces Kobe's life from childhood to his five NBA championships to his successful career outside of the game to his tragic death and lasting legacy"--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The complete story surrounding the most famous and significant player transaction in professional sports The sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments in baseball history, changing the fortunes of two of baseball's most storied franchises, and helping to create the legend of the greatest player the game has ever known. More than a simple transaction, the sale resulted in a deal that created...
14) Nine months at Ground Zero: the story of the brotherhood of workers who took on a job like no other
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English