Hank Aaron: One for the Record - The inside story of baseball's greatest home run

by George Plimpton

Book Overview

The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives. In One For the Record, George Plimpton... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006W0YBW
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Classic Plimpton

This is a fun little book even if you know only a shred about baseball. It's a wonderful story about the thoughts in people's minds and of their experiences as they are part of a momentous event...be it a part from a distance or from practical participation. There are tornado warnings (literally), bad luck at the concession stand, and a truly hilarious event involving an oblivious telephone operator. From an entertainment aspect, it may include a limited amount of volume for a novice fan, but as a baseball junkie and from an historical AND entertainment perspective...a copy of this book was one of my father's most precious childhood gifts.