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  • Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's Greatest

    Jr. Guernsey Van Riper

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of baseball great Babe Ruth.
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  • Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion

    Jr. Guernsey Van Riper

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.
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  • Will Rogers,: Young cowboy

    Guernsey Van Riper

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1962)
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  • Knute Rockne: Young Athlete

    Guernsey Van Riper, Jr.

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    A biography focusing on the childhood of the legendary football coach at Notre Dame, who won fame for his insistence on good sportsmanship and his football strategy
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  • Lou Gehrig Boy of the Sandlots

    Guernsey Van Riper Jr.

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1959)
    Biography of the New York Yankees' major league baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig focuses on his childhood.

  • Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest

    Guernsey Van Riper Jr., Paul Laune

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 31, 1986)
    A biography focusing on the childhood of one of the greatest professional baseball players, who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.
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  • Babe Ruth, Baseball Boy

    Jr. Van Riper, Guernsey

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1959)
    Childhood of Famous Americans Series. Collectible. The story of Babe Ruth for kids.

  • Knute Rockne, Young Athlete

    Jr. Van Riper, Guernsey

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, Aug. 16, 1959)
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  • Will Rogers: Young Cowboy

    Guernsey Van Riper Jr., Paul Laune

    Hardcover (THE BOBB-MERRILL, March 15, 1951)
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  • Babe Ruth

    Guernsey Van Riper Jr., Seymour Fleishman

    eBook (Aladdin, Feb. 17, 2015)
    Discover the childhood of Babe Ruth, baseball legend and American history all-star.Babe Ruth was one of the first five players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and for good reason: he broke countless records and hit 714 home runs, an achievement that went unmatched from 1935 until 1974. A legend in baseball and an American icon, Babe Ruth’s impressive tenure with the Red Sox and later the New York Yankees left an enduring legacy. But did you know that Babe Ruth spent his childhood in an orphanage and reformatory—and that baseball was introduced to him by monks? This narrative biography explores the early life and influences that shaped an athletic boy into an American sports hero.

  • Richard Byrd,: Boy of the South Pole

    Guernsey Van Riper

    Hardcover (Bobbs-Merrill, March 15, 1962)
    Bobbs- Merrill Company,1962. Childhood of Famous American series. Hard Cover.

  • Babe Ruth: One Of Baseball's Greatest

    Guernsey Van Riper

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 31, 1986)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A biography of the well-loved baseball personality who set many records and made home runs a common part of the game.
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