Baseball during the Great Depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. Jewish player Hank Greenberg gave the people of Detroitâand Americaâa reason to be proud.
But America was facing more than economic hardship. Hitlerâs agenda heightened the persecution of Jews abroad while anti-Semitism intensified political and social tensions in the U.S. The six-foot-four-inch Greenberg, the nationâs most prominent Jew, became not only an iconic ball player, but also an important and sometimes controversial symbol of Jewish identity and the American immigrant experience.
Throughout his twelve-year baseball career and four years of military service, he heard cheers wherever he went along with anti-Semitic taunts. The abuse drove him to legendary feats that put him in the company of the greatest sluggers of the day, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig. Hankâs iconic status made his personal dilemmas with religion versus team and ambition versus duty national debates.
Hank Greenberg is an intimate account of his lifeâa story of integrity and triumph over adversity and a portrait of one of the greatest baseball players and most important Jews of the twentieth century.
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Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Reference
- Sociology
Publisher : Berkley
Author : Rosengren, John
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2014-03-04
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0451416023
ISBN-13 : 9780451416025
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 1.06 in x 6.1 in x 8.98 in
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