I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story.

First Edition of Hank Aaron's I Had A Hammer; Warmly Inscribed by Him

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story.

AARON, Hank.

Item Number: 100271

New York: Harper Collins, 1991.

First edition of Aaron’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to composer John Williams on the front free endpaper, “To John Thanks for Being our Olympic Partner Hank Aaron 3/17/95.” Williams wrote the Summon the Heroes is a one-movement orchestral composition written for the 1996 Summer Olympics by the American composer John Williams for the National Broadcasting Company. It premiered July 19, 1996, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. The composition was dedicated to Tim Morrison, trumpet soloist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. The piece is the third of four compositions Williams has written for the Olympics, following 1984’s Olympic Fanfare and Theme and 1988’s Olympic Spirit, and preceding 2002’s Call of the Champions.  Fine in a fine dust jacket. Co-written with Lonnie Wheeler.

The man who shattered Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world. But the world also left its mark on him. I Had a Hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sports—it is a fascinating social history of twentieth-century America. With courage and candor, Aaron recalls his struggles and triumphs in an atmosphere of virulent racism. He relives the breathtaking moment when, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's cherished record—an accomplishment for which Aaron received more than 900,000 letters, many of them vicious and racially charged. And his story continues through the remainder of his milestone-setting, barrier-smashing career as a player and, later, Atlanta Braves executive—offering an eye-opening and unforgettable portrait of an incomparable athlete, his sport, his epoch, and his world.

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