Russell Freedman

Broschiertes Buch

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The Making of a Champion

Beschreibung

“Befitting a champion.”—School Library Journal, starred review Babe Didrikson Zaharias was one of history's greatest athletes as an All-American basketball player, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field, and a championship golfer who won eighty-two amateur and professional tournaments. She was elected Woman Athlete of the Year six times, and in 1950 was named Woman Athlete of the Half Century. This insightful and well-researched biography from a Newbery medalist brings to life the woman who changed the perception of female athletes forever.

Autor

Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 193mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780544104914
• ISBN-10: 0544104919
• Artikelnr.: 37438869