Who Was Babe Ruth? Library Binding Author: Visit Amazon's Joan Holub Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0606236503 | Format: EPUB
Who Was Babe Ruth? Library Binding Description
About the Author
Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 130 children's books, including
Who Was Johnny Appleseed?,
Who Was Marco Polo?,
Groundhog Weather School, and
Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars. She is also the co-author of the popular
GODDESS GIRLS series for ages 8-12 (
Athena the Brain, Aphrodite the Diva, Artemis the Brave, etc.). Visit her at joanholub.com
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- Library Binding: 112 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback; Reprint edition (January 5, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0606236503
- ISBN-13: 978-0606236508
- Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
There aren't many young sports fans who haven't heard about or read a story or two about Babe Ruth. When he was a little boy in Baltimore, Maryland, there were probably a few kids who didn't care to know him. He was a rough and tumble poor boy who always managed to be in trouble. Babe, who was named after his father, George Herman Ruth, had a run in with the "coppers," the police. They "were always trying to make him behave and go to school," but if Babe had his way it never would. He didn't attend school until he was seven years old and good behavior never did come to him easily.
Babe's father George decided that something had to be done with him and put him on a trolley car, a car headed for a mysterious destination. Babe may have been surprised to learn that his father was going to abandon him at the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Unbeknownst to anyone, this "reform school" was probably one of the best things that ever happened to him. Babe's initial anger, fear, and tears soon gave into joy when he met someone who would care for him and turn his life around. That someone was "a big, strong guy, about six and a half feet tall" named Brother Matthias.
Babe Ruth never let go of his mischievous ways, but Brother Matthias believed in him and "tried to help him become a good person." St. Mary's was his home and Brother Matthias was like a father to him, but when he was nineteen it was time to go out into the world. Babe was a simple man, one who would never try to be something he was not. Even when Jack Dunn, the "owner of the Baltimore Orioles," signed him to the team, he carried his mischievous streak right along with him.
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