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Kids know Aaron Rodgers as one of the NFL s best quarterbacks. He has won two NFL MVP Awards and led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl title. He has orchestrated several miracle finishes, and he s the highest-rated passer in NFL history. In this book, kids will get to know Rodgers on a personal level. They ll see how he rose from a little-known QB at Butte Community College to a passing machine in Green Bay. Off the field, Rodgers impresses with...
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As a sixteen-year-old in Venezuela, Jos Altuve attended a tryout camp with the Houston Astros. The Astros rejected him because he was too short, but that didn t break his spirit. He attended the tryout a year later and earned a minor-league contract with Houston. Just five-foot-five, Altuve has become a baseball phenomenon. He has played in four MLB All-Star Games and led the American League in hits, stolen bases, and batting average. In 2016, he...
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Ichiro Suzuki has had a storied baseball career in Japan and the United States. Since signed to the major leagues in 2001, the right fielder has racked up batting records for the Yankees, Mariners, and Marlins. Through fascinating details about his personal and professional life, full-color photos, and direct quotations, baseball fans and report writers will be inspired by this biography of a top player driven by a strong work ethic and devotion to...
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"In this book, you will learn about the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth and get to know other baseball elites Mike, Bryce, and Mookie up close and personal. Along the way, we--and you--will use math calculations to determine who is the greatest player of all time. Numbers will show that Ruth reigned supreme in his era. But who is the best player today? And are they superior to the Great Bambino? Get ready to do the math and analyze the data--and...
17) Jefferson Davis
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In February 1861, Jefferson Davis told his wife that he had been elected president of the Confederacy. He expressed this news, his wife recalled, "as a man might speak of a sentence of death." Davis feared what might lie ahead: a horrific civil war. Davis was a controversial, enigmatic figure. Despite his desire for peace, he brazenly ordered the attack on Fort Sumter, which triggered the war. Yet, while Southerners were dying and starving, he urged...
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