Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Brand: Aladdin
Categories: Books, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction



Grade level: 4 - 6
Dimensions: 5.31 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
Reading age: 8 - 12 years
ISBN-10: 0020419309
Publisher: Aladdin
Print length: 192 pages
Publication date: October 31, 1986
ISBN-13: 978-0020419303
Part of series: Childhood of Famous Americans
Lexile measure: 540L
Language: English
subtitle: Paperback – October 31, 1986
author: Guernsey Van Riper Jr. Paul Laune
review: Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. About the Author Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children’s books.