Becoming Joe DiMaggio
By Unknown Author.
Description
Spare, simple poems tell a boy’s moving story in this short novel about baseball, family, and the American dream.It’s 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like music. What could be a better time for Papa-Angelo’s grandson to be born? Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather’s knee - about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. After all, the boy’s ne’er-do-well father i...
ISBN(s)
0763615374, 9780763615376
