Matt Christopher (1917–1997)
Auteur de The Kid Who Only Hit Homers
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Matt Christopher
BASEBALL STORIES (1) One: Look Who's Playing First Base; Catcher with a Glass Arm; The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1971) 71 exemplaires
The World Series: Legendary Sports Events (Matt Christopher Legendary Sports Events) (2007) 15 exemplaires
Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Standard of Living Adequate for Development (1999) 11 exemplaires
The Greatest Sports Team Rivalries (Matt Christopher: the #1 Sports Series for Kids) (2012) 9 exemplaires
Baseball Stories 2 (The Fox Steals Home / No Arm in Left Field / The Year Mom Won the Pennant) (1991) 2 exemplaires
Soccer 'Cats: You Lucky Dog (Soccer Cats Book 8) 2 exemplaires
On the Field With...Peyton and Eli Manning[ON THE FIELD WITHPEYTON & ELI][Paperback] (2008) 2 exemplaires
Soccer Scoop 2 exemplaires
Matt Christopher Sports Set (5 Book Football Set:, Tackle Without a Team, The Counterfeit Tackle, Tough to Tackle,… 2 exemplaires
_(7) OLDIES - Little Lefty 1 exemplaire
Baseball Pal 1 exemplaire
The Lucky Baseball 1 exemplaire
_(7) OLDIES - Slide, Danny, Slide 1 exemplaire
_(7) OLDIES - Baseball Pals 1 exemplaire
_(7) OLDIES - Long Stretch at First Base 1 exemplaire
Matt Christopher's Sports Biographies Four-Book Set (On the Field with Derek Jeter / On the Mound with Greg Maddux… (2002) 1 exemplaire
Soccer 'Cats: Switch Play! 1 exemplaire
Dirt Bike Racer Paperback September 30, 1986 1 exemplaire
The Year Mom Won the Pennant published by Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) (1986) [Paperback] 1 exemplaire
Tough to Tackle[TOUGH TO TACKLE][Paperback] 1 exemplaire
The Fox Steals Home[FOX STEALS HOME][Paperback] 1 exemplaire
The Extreme Team: Roller Hockey Rumble 1 exemplaire
Matt Christopher ~ Shortstop from Tokyo 1 exemplaire
Little League Baseball: World Series 1 exemplaire
The boy who only hit homers 1 exemplaire
Matt Christopher's Set of Three Young Boys Sports Books - Tough to Tackle, Return of the Home Run Kid & Hard Drive… (1992) 1 exemplaire
In the Huddle with... John Elway 1 exemplaire
Break for Breakfast 1 exemplaire
Soccer 'Cats: Heads Up! (Soccer Cats Book 6) 1 exemplaire
Dirt Bike Racer 1 exemplaire
On the Field With... Peyton and Eli Manning by Matt Christopher, Stephanie Peters (2009) 1 exemplaire
Snowbird Maverick 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Christopher, Matthew Frederick
- Date de naissance
- 1917-08-16
- Date de décès
- 1997-09-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bath, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Ludlow Ville, New York, USA
- Professions
- children's book author
- Organisations
- Smith Falls Beavers
- Prix et distinctions
- Milner Award (1993)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Overdue Podcast (1)
1970s (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 287
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 24,183
- Popularité
- #866
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 128
- ISBN
- 1,849
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1