{"product_id":"hank-on-first-how-hank-greenberg-became-star-on-and-off-the-field-by-stephen-krensky","title":"Hank on First! How Hank Greenberg Became, Star On and Off the Field By Stephen Krensky","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\" padding-bottom:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eReading Ages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e5 - 8 years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eGrade level ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e1 - 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eStory of MVP and Hall-of-Famer \"Hammerin\" Hank Greenberg, one of the greatest hitters of all time, and the first openly Jewish sports star.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\"Greenberg's example stood, and still stands, as inspirational for all players experiencing racial or religious prejudice.\" --Booklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eIn 1934 young Hank Greenberg had his dream job--playing first base for the Detroit Tigers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eUnlike some other Jewish baseball players of that time, Hank had not changed his name to disguise his Jewishness--he was not going to pretend he was something he wasn't. But there were many people who did not want to see a Jewish baseball player on the field. They booed and jeered and called him names, and most of his teammates were just standing by and letting it happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eBut Hank knew what he liked--baseball. So he played his best, kept quiet, and let his batting average speak for him instead.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eIn 1934, however, when the Tigers were leading the league, both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur fell on game days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e Hank consulted a local rabbi, and decided he could play on Rosh Hashanah, a day of celebration, but refused to play on Yom Kippur. He went to synagogue services instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eThe Tigers lost that game, and Hank was blamed by many fans. A poem in the newspaper, however, recognized Hank's achievements and that, despite everything, more people were coming to accept him as a Jewish baseball player.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\"We shall miss him on the field and shall miss him at the bat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eBut he's true to his religion, and I honor him for that!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eAn end note with historical photo explains more about Hank's baseball career as the first Jewish superstar in American team sports.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the face of prejudice, \"let it spur you on to greater achievement, rather than accept and be licked by it.\" --Hank Greenberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box font-weight:\u003eStephen Krensky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e is the author of over one hundred books for children, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box font-style: italic\u003eHanukkah at Valley Forge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e, a Sydney Taylor Award winner, and DK  Life Stories biographies of Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela, and Leonardo DaVinci. He lives in Lexington, MA\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box font-weight:\u003eAlette Straathof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e received a BFA in illustration and minored in gamification at the Willem de Kooning Academy. 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