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There Goes Ted Williams
The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
By Tavares, Matt
- ISBN
- 978-0-7636-2789-8
- Publisher
- Candlewick
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
Tavares continues his love affair with baseball with an ode to Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams, one of the greatest players of all time. Despite missing three years to World War II and flying thirty-nine combat missions in Korea, Williams amassed staggering statistics over a long career, and fans will always wonder what those stats might have been had he not lost those years. His most memorable season was 1941, when he batted .406 and was only...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Sports
Present-tense narrative lends drama and immediacy to Tavares's all-smiles-and-heroics biography of Boston Red Sox slugger Williams. Watercolor, go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
