02337cam a2200301 4500 1650240006 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780358672739 0358672732 0029148666 Axis360 TxAuBib Bryant, Howard. Rickey [Boundless]. Unabridged. HarperCollins, 2022. From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s epic leadoff hitter and base-stealer who also stole America’s heart over nearly five electric decades in the game.Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson’s does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he’s scored more runs than any player ever. “If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you’d have two Hall of Famers,” the baseball historian Bill James once said.But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson’s is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave rise to so many legendary athletes like him. And it’s a story of a sea change in sports, when athletes gained celebrity status and Black players finally earned equitable salaries. Henderson embraced this shift with his trademark style, playing for nine different teams throughout his decades-long career and sculpting a brash, larger-than-life persona that stole the nation’s heart. Now, in the hands of critically acclaimed sportswriter and culture critic Howard Bryant, one of baseball’s greatest and most original stars finally gets his due.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. Format: Acoustik. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-08 20:00:03. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sports. History fast United States 20th Century. SPORTS & RECREATION Baseball History. Jackson, JD, narrator. https://hslibrary.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0029148666 TXHSP