Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King

by Richard Michelson

Book Overview

In the mid 1800s the sport of baseball was working its way across the United States. Amateur teams were springing up and in 1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed. Young men were eager to show their prowess on the field and in the batter's box. Lipman Pike's father, a Dutch immigrant, runs a small haberdashery in Brooklyn, New York, though Lip is more interested in watching the ball players than working behind the counter. His...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585364657
• ISBN13: 9781585364657
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4