The William Hoy story : how a deaf baseball player changed the game
(2016)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
E/BIOGRAPHY/796.357/HOY,W/CHU

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies E/BIOGRAPHY/796.357/HOY,W/CHU Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman and Company, [2016]
©2016
DESCRIPTION

1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780807591925, 0807591920
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder--eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played forever. William "Dummy" Hoy became one of the greatest and most beloved players of his time!

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Decoding demand: 69 (high) Semantic demand: 82 (very high) Syntactic demand: 87 (very high) Structure demand: 84 (very high)

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