Matt Christopher (1917–1997)
Autor(a) de The Kid Who Only Hit Homers
About the Author
Matt Christopher was born August 16, 1917 in Bath, Pennsylvania. He had a variety of odd jobs before focusing full time on writing including playing shortstop for a Class C minor-league team in Smith Falls, Ontario. He also drove trucks and sold umbrellas and worked in a theater. Christopher mostrar mais finally began his writing career in 1940, when he wrote a detective story that was accepted by Detective Box Magazine in 1943 His first children's book was The Lucky Baseball Bat, published in 1954, which was in print for 25 years. Christopher was the best-selling author of more than fifty sports books for young readers. He is best known for his sports novels for children as well as his many short stories and articles in numerous children's and adults' magazines. His later works include Dirt Bike Racer, The Spy on Third Base, and Skateboard Tough. Christopher wrote 78 books in all and over 250 magazine articles and short stories. Matt Christopher dies in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Dacus Library Matt Christopher Archives
Séries
Obras por Matt Christopher
BASEBALL STORIES (1) One: Look Who's Playing First Base; Catcher with a Glass Arm; The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1971) 66 exemplares
The World Series: Legendary Sports Events (Matt Christopher Legendary Sports Events) (2007) 15 exemplares
Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Standard of Living Adequate for Development (1999) 11 exemplares
The Greatest Sports Team Rivalries (Matt Christopher: the #1 Sports Series for Kids) (2012) 9 exemplares
Baseball Stories 2 (The Fox Steals Home / No Arm in Left Field / The Year Mom Won the Pennant) (1991) 2 exemplares
Soccer 'Cats: You Lucky Dog (Soccer Cats Book 8) 2 exemplares
On the Field With...Peyton and Eli Manning[ON THE FIELD WITHPEYTON & ELI][Paperback] (2008) 2 exemplares
Soccer Scoop 2 exemplares
Matt Christopher Sports Set (5 Book Football Set:, Tackle Without a Team, The Counterfeit Tackle, Tough to Tackle,… 2 exemplares
_(7) OLDIES - Little Lefty 1 exemplar
Baseball Pal 1 exemplar
The Lucky Baseball 1 exemplar
_(7) OLDIES - Slide, Danny, Slide 1 exemplar
_(7) OLDIES - Baseball Pals 1 exemplar
_(7) OLDIES - Long Stretch at First Base 1 exemplar
Soccer 'Cats: Switch Play! 1 exemplar
Dirt Bike Racer Paperback September 30, 1986 1 exemplar
Matt Christopher's Sports Biographies Four-Book Set (On the Field with Derek Jeter / On the Mound with Greg Maddux… (2002) 1 exemplar
Tough to Tackle[TOUGH TO TACKLE][Paperback] 1 exemplar
Soccer 'Cats: Heads Up! (Soccer Cats Book 6) 1 exemplar
Matt Christopher ~ Shortstop from Tokyo 1 exemplar
Little League Baseball: World Series 1 exemplar
The boy who only hit homers 1 exemplar
Matt Christopher's Set of Three Young Boys Sports Books - Tough to Tackle, Return of the Home Run Kid & Hard Drive… (1992) 1 exemplar
In the Huddle with... John Elway 1 exemplar
Break for Breakfast 1 exemplar
Dirt Bike Racer 1 exemplar
The Extreme Team: Roller Hockey Rumble 1 exemplar
Snowbird Maverick 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Christopher, Matthew Frederick
- Data de nascimento
- 1917-08-16
- Data de falecimento
- 1997-09-20
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Bath, Pennsylvania, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Locais de residência
- Ludlow Ville, New York, USA
- Ocupações
- children's book author
- Organizações
- Smith Falls Beavers
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Milner Award (1993)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Overdue Podcast (1)
1970s (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 286
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 23,869
- Popularidade
- #880
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 127
- ISBN
- 1,847
- Línguas
- 6
- Marcado como favorito
- 1