Hammerin' Hank Greenberg: The Jewish Babe Ruth

About the Book

“There was nobody in the history of the game who took more abuse than Greenberg, unless it was Jackie Robinson.” So says Birdie Tebbetts, a Detroit teammate who watched as Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg smashed his way through the major leagues of baseball. Arguably the greatest Jewish ballplayer who ever lived, Greenberg smacked out homer after homer leading the Detroit Tigers to the World Series four times. Written as a screenplay, the life of Hank Greenberg is filled with hate, love, frustration and redemption. It is a story that transcends the times and is as much relevant today as it was in years past. The struggle against prejudice and hatred is a human struggle for acceptance and understanding and Hank Greenberg’s story is a story of the human condition.

About the Author

Adam Pfeffer was born in Queens, New York on Christmas Day. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with degrees in History and Fine Arts. He has worked for several newspapers and magazines, as well as publications in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York. This is his thirteenth published work.