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Willie
Horton Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder Grant Eldridge and Karen Elizabeth Bush Detroit Biography Series for Young Readers 
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The 1968 Detroit Tigers always will mean something very special to the city of Detroit. No one player is a better symbol of the relationship between the '68 team and the city than is Willie Horton. When eight-year-old Willie was walking the six miles from his home in Stonega, Virginia to neighboring Appalachia to play baseball, he never dreamed that one day he would star in a major league World Series. The likelihood of a successful career of any kind seemed even more remote after his family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Growing up in Detroit's "Projects," Willie had no way of knowing that one day he would give his name to a foundation dedicated to helping youngsters living in similar slum conditions. Willie Horton: Detroit's Own "Willie the Wonder" takes this warm and generous man from his disadvantaged childhood through the excitement of a baseball career, and ends with an account of his ongoing work among today's youth. | "Willie
Horton is Detroit. Detroit is Willie Horton. This book is supposed to be
for young readers. Wrong. It is also for 73-year-old, white-haired sportswriters.
A true joy for all to read. Don't miss it." —Joe Falls, Columnist, The Detroit News |
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Great Lakes Books Series: 160 pages / 51/2 x 8 |
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