Knute Rockne: Young Athlete Contributor(s): Van Riper Jr, Guernsey (Author), Doremus, Robert (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0020421109 ISBN-13: 9780020421108 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1986 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Football |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 86010791 |
Lexile Measure: 540 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.29" W x 7.55" (0.46 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Riper Jr, Guernsey: - Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children's books. |