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Matt Christopher (1917–1997)

Autor(a) de The Kid Who Only Hit Homers

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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

Séries

Obras por Matt Christopher

The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1972) 962 exemplares
Return of the Home Run Kid (1948) 759 exemplares
Tough to Tackle (1987) 646 exemplares
Soccer Halfback (1978) 607 exemplares
The Lucky Baseball Bat (1991) 596 exemplares
The Hit-Away Kid (1988) 555 exemplares
Ice Magic (1973) 462 exemplares
Hard Drive to Short (1969) 447 exemplares
Catcher with a Glass Arm (1985) 437 exemplares
The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter (1988) 408 exemplares
Dirt Bike Racer (1979) 403 exemplares
Miracle at the Plate (1967) 397 exemplares
Catch That Pass! (1969) 377 exemplares
The Year Mom Won the Pennant (1968) 371 exemplares
The Hockey Machine (1986) 367 exemplares
The Basket Counts (1968) 366 exemplares
The Great Quarterback Switch (1984) 342 exemplares
Skateboard Tough (1991) 339 exemplares
Look Who's Playing First Base (1971) 298 exemplares
The Spy on Third Base (1987) 288 exemplares
Johnny Long Legs (1970) 272 exemplares
Undercover Tailback (1992) 271 exemplares
The Fox Steals Home (1978) 268 exemplares
Face-Off (1972) 255 exemplares
Challenge at Second Base (1962) 253 exemplares
Soccer Duel (2000) 249 exemplares
Football Fugitive (1976) 245 exemplares
No Arm in Left Field (1974) 211 exemplares
Dirt Bike Runaway (1983) 208 exemplares
Football Nightmare (2001) 204 exemplares
Wingman On Ice (1993) 203 exemplares
The Diamond Champs (1977) 201 exemplares
Shortstop from Tokyo (1970) 195 exemplares
Long Shot for Paul (1955) 191 exemplares
Soccer Scoop (1998) 188 exemplares
Touchdown for Tommy (1971) 186 exemplares
Tight End (1981) 184 exemplares
Comeback of the Home Run Kid (2006) 180 exemplares
Centerfield Ballhawk (1900) 177 exemplares
The Comeback Challenge (1996) 173 exemplares
The Submarine Pitch (1800) 166 exemplares
The Winning Stroke (1994) 165 exemplares
Snowboard Showdown (1999) 165 exemplares
Skateboard Renegade (2000) 164 exemplares
Stealing Home (2004) 160 exemplares
Snowboard Maverick (1997) 157 exemplares
Baseball Flyhawk (1995) 157 exemplares
On the Halfpipe with Tony Hawk (2001) 156 exemplares
Long-Arm Quarterback (1999) 151 exemplares
Top Wing (1994) 150 exemplares
The Dog That Stole Football Plays (1980) 149 exemplares
On the Field with... Mia Hamm (1998) 145 exemplares
Crackerjack Halfback (1962) 143 exemplares
Little Lefty (1993) 136 exemplares
Snowboard Champ (2004) 132 exemplares
Red-Hot Hightops (1987) 131 exemplares
Double Play at Short (1995) 130 exemplares
Play Ball! (Little League) (2013) 127 exemplares
Too Hot to Handle (1965) 125 exemplares
Shoot for the Hoop (1995) 120 exemplares
Center Court Sting (1998) 118 exemplares
Slam Dunk (2004) 115 exemplares
The Counterfeit Tackle (1965) 115 exemplares
Long Stretch at First Base (1960) 113 exemplares
Nothin' But Net (2003) 112 exemplares
Baseball Turnaround (1997) 112 exemplares
All-Star Fever (1995) 108 exemplares
Supercharged Infield (1985) 104 exemplares
Cool as Ice (2001) 101 exemplares
Mountain Bike Mania (1998) 99 exemplares
Great Moments in Baseball History (1996) 98 exemplares
The Dog That Stole Home (1993) 97 exemplares
Run, Billy, Run (1980) 95 exemplares
Body Check (2003) 94 exemplares
Roller Hockey Radicals (1998) 92 exemplares
The Team That Couldn't Lose (1967) 90 exemplares
Goalkeeper in Charge (2002) 85 exemplares
Inline Skater (2001) 82 exemplares
Michael Jordan (2008) 80 exemplares
On the Course with... Tiger Woods (1998) 78 exemplares
Jackrabbit Goalie (1978) 75 exemplares
Tackle Without a Team (1989) 72 exemplares
Earthquake (1975) 70 exemplares
Catching Waves (2006) 67 exemplares
On the Court with... LeBron James (2008) 65 exemplares
Man Out at First (1993) 63 exemplares
Pressure Play (1989) 63 exemplares
The Reluctant Pitcher (1966) 62 exemplares
On the Court with Kobe Bryant (2001) 62 exemplares
Lacrosse Face-Off (1972) 61 exemplares
Zero's Slider (1994) 60 exemplares
The Catcher's Mask (1998) 59 exemplares
Prime-Time Pitcher (1998) 58 exemplares
On the Ice with... Wayne Gretsky (1997) 53 exemplares
The Captain Contest (1999) 52 exemplares
Dive Right In (2002) 52 exemplares
At the Plate with... Sammy Sosa (1999) 52 exemplares
Stranger in Right Field (1822) 51 exemplares
On the Track with Jeff Gordon (2001) 49 exemplares
On the Field With...Emmitt Smith (1997) 48 exemplares
Run For it (2002) 45 exemplares
Windmill Windup (2001) 44 exemplares
At the Plate With ... Ichiro (2003) 43 exemplares
At the Plate with... Mark McGwire (1999) 41 exemplares
Babe Ruth (2005) 40 exemplares
Fairway Phenom (2003) 38 exemplares
Line Drive to Short (1995) 38 exemplares
On the Court With... Grant Hill (1996) 37 exemplares
On the Court with...Stephen Curry (2017) 36 exemplares
Tennis Ace (2000) 35 exemplares
Break for the Basket (1960) 33 exemplares
State Showdown (Little League) (2013) 33 exemplares
Perfect Game (Little League) (2014) 33 exemplares
On the Mound with... Greg Maddux (1997) 32 exemplares
Secret Weapon (2000) 32 exemplares
One Smooth Move (2004) 32 exemplares
Shadow Over Second (1996) 32 exemplares
Takedown (1990) 30 exemplares
In the Huddle with... Steve Young (1996) 30 exemplares
Soccer 'Cats #4: Hat Trick (2000) 29 exemplares
On the Court with... Yao Ming (2004) 28 exemplares
Rock On (2004) 27 exemplares
Operation Baby-Sitter (1999) 27 exemplares
Jackie Robinson (2006) 26 exemplares
The Dog that Called the Pitch (1998) 25 exemplares
On the Court with...Kevin Durant (2018) 24 exemplares
On Thin Ice (2004) 22 exemplares
Muhammad Ali (2005) 21 exemplares
Day of the Dragon (2004) 21 exemplares
You Lucky Dog (2002) 20 exemplares
Making the Save (2004) 19 exemplares
On the Ice with... Mario Lemieux (2002) 19 exemplares
Great Moments in Football History (1997) 19 exemplares
Switch Play! (2003) 19 exemplares
Roller Hockey Rumble (2004) 19 exemplares
All Keyed Up (2002) 19 exemplares
On the Field with... Julie Foudy (2000) 17 exemplares
On the Ice with... Tara Lapinski (1999) 17 exemplares
Heads Up : Soccer Cats #6 (2000) 16 exemplares
Master of Disaster (2001) 16 exemplares
In the Goal with... Briana Scurry (2000) 14 exemplares
Dale Earnhardt Sr. (2007) 14 exemplares
At the Plate with... Mo Vaughn (1997) 13 exemplares
Two Strikes on Johnny (1958) 12 exemplares
Jinx Glove (1974) 12 exemplares
Into the Danger Zone (2004) 12 exemplares
Kick It! (2003) 12 exemplares
Wild Ride (2005) 10 exemplares
On the Field with...Tom Brady (2018) 10 exemplares
Shadow Over The Back Court (1959) 10 exemplares
Desperate Search (1973) 9 exemplares
Little League Play Ball! (2014) 9 exemplares
Mystery Coach (1973) 8 exemplares
Kobe Bryant: Legends in Sports (2021) 7 exemplares
The Twenty-one-mile Swim (1979) 7 exemplares
The Dog That Called the Signals (1982) 7 exemplares
Tall Man in the Pivot (1961) 6 exemplares
Devil Pony (1977) 6 exemplares
Johnny No Hit (1977) 6 exemplares
The Team That Stopped Moving (1975) 6 exemplares
Wild Pitch (1980) 5 exemplares
Slide, Danny, Slide (2010) 5 exemplares
Glue Fingers (1975) 5 exemplares
International trade and lending (1985) 5 exemplares
Lucky Seven (1970) 5 exemplares
Drag-strip racer (1982) 4 exemplares
Power Play (1976) 4 exemplares
Front Court Hex (1974) 4 exemplares
Basketball Sparkplug (1957) 4 exemplares
Wing T Fullback (1960) 4 exemplares
Stranded (1974) 4 exemplares
Sink it, Rusty (1963) 3 exemplares
Olympic Dream (2009) 3 exemplares
Baseball Boxed Set (2003) 2 exemplares
The Mystery on Crabapple Hill (2019) 2 exemplares
De eerste wedstrijd (2004) 2 exemplares
Soccer Scoop 2 exemplares
Een verdediger in de aanval (2006) 2 exemplares
Extreme Sports Boxed Set (2003) 2 exemplares
Baseball Pal 1 exemplar
The Lucky Baseball 1 exemplar
Een ramp in het doel (2004) 1 exemplar
Secret of Rock Island (1995) 1 exemplar
Dirt Bike Racer 1 exemplar
Snowbird Maverick 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Fifty-Meter Monsters & Other Horrors (1976) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares

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Amizade (41) baseball fiction (31) Basebol (612) Basquetebol (129) Biografia (255) boys (88) chapter (28) chapter book (299) crianças (43) crianças (31) desportos (2,317) Escola (36) esms (35) F (34) Fic Chr (28) Ficção (972) football (200) Futebol (143) grade 5 (108) grade 6 (31) hockey (76) JF (32) Junior Fiction (29) Juvenile (68) juvenile fiction (33) Level M (66) M (83) Matt Christopher (114) Mistério (31) Não ficção (166) para crianças (72) Q (33) realistic fiction (424) S-T (67) skateboarding (36) sports fiction (291) Sports stories (36) Série (108) test-marc-import (28) Ya (30)

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)

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Estatísticas

Obras
286
Also by
1
Membros
23,869
Popularidade
#880
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
127
ISBN
1,847
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
1

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