Knute Rockne - Young Athlete

Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of athlete and coach Knute Rockne.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Guernsey van Riper Jr, Guernsey Van Riper Jr.
• Assisted by: Robert Doremus (Illustration)
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.1986
• EAN: 9780020421108
• ISBN: 978-0-02-042110-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 192 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Childhood of Famous Americans; Childhood of Famous Americans
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous