Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780060579760
First sentence: They came in silence and in somber suits.
Description: "Baseball has witnessed more than 125,000 major-league home runs. Many have altered the outcomes of games, and some, swatted into the stands on dramatic last swings, have decided pennants and won reputations. But no home run has played a more significant role in influencing American society than Hank Aaron's 715th." "Aaron's historic blast - and the yearlong quest leading up to it - not only shook baseball but the world at large. It exposed prejudice, energized a flagging civil rights movement, inspired a generation of children, and also called forth the dark demons that haunted Aaron's every step and turned what should have been a joyous pursuit into a hellish nightmare. In Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America, Tom Stanton, author of the prize-winning The Final Season, penetrates the burnished myth of Aaron's chase and uncovers the compelling story behind the most consequential athletic achievement of the past fifty years."--BOOK JACKET.