Literary Birthday Greetings: Hank Aaron

February 5, 2019

The “New Home Run King of All Time” turns 85 today.

Image result for the last hero, bryantHere’s what I posted a few years back in an entry on Hall of Famers and the books about them:

Henry Aaron (elected 1982). Like several of his contemporaries, the books on Aaron fall into a few timelines: “regular” releases during his playing days; a wave of titles when he was approaching and immediately after attaining the all-time home run record; and more recently in his advanced age.

Representative titles include:

Pretty sure there hasn’t been one put out by a traditional publisher ( i.e., not self-published) since Bryant’s contribution.

There was also talk of an Aaron biopic several years ago but I haven’t seen anything about the project since.

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