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"When Sandy Tolan was nine years old, his hero left town. In 1965 Henry Aaron and the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, but unlike the other Milwaukee kids, Sandy continued to follow Aaron's career from afar, straining to hear the games at night through the crackle of distant AM radio stations. Aaron's heroics provided an anchor for Sandy in the turbulent late '60s and early '70s, and the young white fan felt a bond with the black superstar.".
"In 1973, Sandy began keeping a scrapbook to track his idol's approach to the greatest record in sports - Babe Ruth's 714 career home runs. But he soon learned that Hank Aaron had become the target of racist hate mail and death threats. Shocked and wishing to help somehow, he wrote Aaron a letter, saying, "Don't listen to them, Mr. Aaron.
You're my hero." To his astonishment, he got a letter back. "Dear Sandy," the baseball legend wrote, "Your letter of support and encouragement meant much more to me than I can adequately express in words."" "Twenty-five years later, armed with his scrapbook and the old letter, Sandy Tolan went to Atlanta to meet his hero. Me and Hank is his account of baseball, heroism, race, and childhood dreams, as he taps the bittersweet recollections of the home run king and those around him."--BOOK JACKET.
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Hank Aaron (1934-), Sandy TolanPlaces
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Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later
June 5, 2001, Free Press
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Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later
June 1, 2000, Audioworks
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Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later
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