Second Annotation

Golenbock, Peter. Hank Aaron: brave in every way. 1st. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001.
My second annotation is a book called Hank Aaron brave in every way. It is a short but helpful book. This book talks about Hank Aaron's family and his childhood and a little about how he broke the home run record. Information from this Book:

Henry Louis Aaron was born on febuary 5, 1934. since this was during the great depression Herbert Aaron had trouble finding work. When henry was 8 years old his father build his family a house from a torn down house but the house had no bathroom, lights, or refridgerators. Estella Aaron wanted Hank to go to college but he wnated to a major league baseball player. he was 13 when jackie robinson became the first African American to play in the majors.

When he was 16 he was paid 10 dollars a game to play for the local team the black bears but his mother didn't let him travel with the team or play on sundays. After two years with the bears he joined the Negro league team called indianopolis clowns. In 1954 he joined the majors when he played for the Milwaukee Braves. IN 1956 he became the second youngest player to win the national league batting title. In 1957,1958 he lead the Braves to a national league championships. He now wanted to beat Babe Ruth's home run record. In 1966 The Braves moved to Atlanta and people resented Hank's sucess because of his skin. In 1973 he became closer to beating the record and he starting recieving death threats. At the end of the 1973 season he had 713 HRs. In 1974 in a Braves vs Dodgers game Al downings pitched and Hank hit home run 715 people cheered and when he reached home plate his mother hugged. Hank Aaron proved African Americans can be good baseball players.