Knute Rockne: Young Athlete

Name: Knute Rockne: Young Athlete
Price: 7.19 USD
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ISBN: 9780020421108

By: Guernsey Van Riper Jr.

Illustrated By: Robert Doremus

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Aladdin Paperbacks / 1986 / Paperback

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Title: Knute Rockne: Young Athlete
By: Guernsey Van Riper Jr.
Illustrated By: Robert Doremus
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 192
Vendor: Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 1986

Dimensions: 7.55 X 5.29 X 0.56 (inches)
Weight: 7 ounces
ISBN: 0020421109
ISBN-13: 9780020421108
Ages: 8-12
Series: Childhood of Famous Americans
Stock No: WW0421108

Publisher's Description

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Knute Rockne: Young Athlete is the next installment in the Childhood of Famous Americans series.

Written by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. and using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of athlete and coach Knute Rockne.

Author Bio

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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.