Lew Freedman: 44 books
Baseball's Funnymen
Twenty-Four Jokers, Screwballs, Pranksters and Storytellers
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever. This book tells the stories of some of the players, coaches, managers and broadcasters who had the most fun in the Major Leagues and made fans laugh out loud (or shake...
Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life
The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last surviving explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, journals, and an exquisite photographic collection, Washburn completes the self-portrait of a man drawn...
Boom, Baby!
My Basketball Life in Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Bobby "Slick" Leonard has etched his name forever on the Mount Rushmore of Indiana basketball, and in Boom, Baby! he shares memories from his storied career. Leonard takes readers inside the Indiana locker room with legendary head coach Branch McCracken and onto the court when he hit the...
Thunder on the Tundra
Football Above the Arctic Circle
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
This is the moving story of high school students in an isolated village at the top of Alaska starting a football team. Against long odds the Whalers had to practice and play in extreme conditions and travel hundreds of miles from home when they went on the "road," flying for each game.They...
Connie Mack's First Dynasty
The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under legendary manager Connie Mack, winning three World Series and four pennants from 1910 through 1914. A’s stars such as Hall of Famers Eddie Plank, Eddie Collins, Albert “Chief” Bender and Frank “Home...
Bears by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Chicago Bears by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
What do Al Campana, Frank Dempsey, Stan Wallace, Don Mullins, Gale Sayers, and Steve Trimble all have in common? They all wore number 40 for the Chicago Bears, even though more than four decades passed between the last time Campana last pulled on his jersey and the number was retired for Sayers in...
by Lew Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a long and glorious tradition spanning more than 100 years of baseball and the Pirates have been blessed with some of the best players in the games history wearing t heir uniforms and sporting a P on their cap.
Pirate greats go back to before the turn of the 20th...
Still Throwing Heat
Strikeouts, the Streets, and a Second Chance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weakness in 1980. Initially scoffed at because he continued approaching 100 mph on the radar gun, everything changed when Richard collapsed while playing catch...
by Lew Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Pelé is not simply an extraordinarily talented athlete who achieved incredible success on the soccer field; his performances inspired millions of soccer fans as well as individuals outside the sport around the world. During the peak of his career, Pelé was arguably the most famous person in the...
Lowell Thomas Jr.
Flight to Adventure, Alaska and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetime’s worth of adventures that have taken him around the world. Thomas, now eighty?nine, and living in Anchorage, is the son of one of the most widely known Americans...
by Lew Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed professional contracts in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Led by oldest brother Cloyd, a pitcher, third baseman Ken and third baseman Clete, three of the seven brothers reached the majors. This book recounts their...
Racing Toward Recovery
The Extraordinary Story of Alaska Musher Mike Williams Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
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Iditarod Adventures
Tales from Mushers Along the Trail
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
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George Altman
My Baseball Journey from the Negro Leagues to the Majors and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2013
George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Altman played baseball at all the kids’ levels, played college baseball at Tennessee State, played...