Lew Freedman is a Chicago-based sportswriter who lived in Alaska for seventeen years. A prizewinning journalist, the former sports editor of the Anchorage Daily Newsis a graduate of Boston University, and earned a master“s degree from Alaska Pacific University. He is the author of thirty books about Alaska and sports. He lives in Bolingbrook, Illinois with his wife Debra.
54 Ebooks von Lew Freedman
Lew Freedman: Thunder on the Tundra
This is the moving story of high school students in an isolated village at the top of Alaska starting a football team. Against long odds the Whalers had to practice and play in extreme conditions and …
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€16.99
Washburn & Lew Freedman: Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life
Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last surviving explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, …
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€21.99
Lowell Thomas & Lew Freedman: Lowell Thomas Jr.
Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetime’s worth of adventures that have taken him around the world. …
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€10.99
Lew Freedman: Iditarod Adventures
In IDITAROD ADVENTURES, mushers explain why they have chosen this rugged lifestyle, what has kept them in long-distance mushing, and the experiences they have endured along that unforgiving trail …
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€19.99
Mike Williams & Lew Freedman: Racing Toward Recovery
For the first time, Alaska musher and tribal leader Mike Williams shares his remarkable life story with veteran sports writer Lew Freedman. Williams is a man of many parts, a sports figure, a …
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€19.99
Freedman Lew Freedman: LeBron James
Le Bron James is simultaneously on the cutting edge of basketball greatness and as a cultural icon. Through the international exposure of the National Basketball Association and its televised games …
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€38.33
Freedman Lew Freedman: Peyton Manning
This revealing biography explores Indianapolis Colts‘ quarterback Peyton Manning as an athlete and as a man.From the moment Peyton Manning arrived in the National Football League at the start of the …
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€38.66
Freedman Lew Freedman: Latino Baseball Legends
Told through profiles of the men who have made it a reality, this is the complex story of the triumphs achieved by-and challenges faced by-Latinos who have risen to the heights of Major League …
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€90.04
Freedman Lew Freedman: Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing
This two-volume encyclopedia is the Daytona 500 of stock car racing books-an essential "Bible" that provides an all-encompassing history of the sport as well as an up-to-date examination of …
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€168.46
Lew Freedman: Thunder on the Tundra
This is the moving story of high school students in an isolated village at the top of Alaska starting a football team. Against long odds the Whalers had to practice and play in extreme conditions and …
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Englisch
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€15.63
Freedman Lew Freedman: 100 Most Important Sporting Events in American History
This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American sports, illustrating powerful connections between sporting events and significant social issues of the …
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€84.37
Freedman Lew Freedman: Pro Wrestling
This book provides readers with an abundance of information and historical perspective as well as entertaining and memorable anecdotes about professional wrestling. Readers will also learn unusual …
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€89.33
Lew Freedman & Billy Pierce: "Then Ozzie Said to Harold. . ."
Written for every sports fan who follows the Chicago White Sox, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers–all while …
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€14.92
Lew Freedman: 50 Greatest Plays in Chicago Bears Football History
In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their …
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€17.36
Lew Freedman & J. R. Richard: Still Throwing Heat
A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weakness in 1980. Initially scoffed at because he continued …
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€17.53
Freedman Lew Freedman: Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost
He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged a solid but unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26, 1959. Facing the …
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€22.38
Freedman Lew Freedman: Early Wynn, the Go-Go White Sox and the 1959 World Series
This is the story of how the hapless Chicago White Sox, badly hurt by the banning of players after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, floundered until the 1950s when they were finally rebuilt and had their …
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€22.47
Freedman Lew Freedman: Day All the Stars Came Out
This is a history of major league baseball’s first All-Star game, originally conceived in 1933 as a one-time "Game of the Century" (including greats such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Carl …
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€22.53
Freedman Lew Freedman: DiMaggio’s Yankees
When Babe Ruth left the New York Yankees in 1935, some feared that the loss would cripple the club for years. However, the post-Ruth era Yankees continued to dominate until the start of World War II. …
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€22.34
Freedman Lew Freedman: Pele
How did a young boy born into poverty become not only an international soccer star but a celebrity who visited and dined with kings and presidents? Where did the passion that fueled his success …
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€39.29
Freedman Lew Freedman: Joe Louis
Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the owner of the heavyweight title was the most prominent …
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€24.97
Altman George Altman & Freedman Lew Freedman: George Altman
George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, from the 1940s to the …
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€24.97
Freedman Lew Freedman: Boyer Brothers of Baseball
This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed professional contracts in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Led by oldest brother Cloyd, a pitcher, third …
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€24.80
Freedman Lew Freedman: Baseball’s Funnymen
From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever. This book tells the stories of some of the players, coaches, …
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€24.97
Freedman Lew Freedman: Connie Mack’s First Dynasty
More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under legendary manager Connie Mack, winning three World Series and four pennants from 1910 through 1914. A’s …
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€24.97
Freedman Lew Freedman: Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks is perhaps the most popular ballplayer in the history of the Chicago Cubs–a man as famous for his personality and trademark phrases as for his accomplishments on the field. Nicknamed …
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€24.92
Lew Freedman: Indianapolis Colts
This fully illustrated history of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates the football team from its origins in Baltimore through the past 27 seasons in Indianapolis. With fascinating stories and in-dept …
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€38.99
Lew Freedman: The Packers Experience
Since its establishment in 1919, the Green Bay Packers football organization has stood proudly as the United States’ only community-owned professional sports team. Its fans are renowned for the …
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€43.99
Lew Freedman: New York Giants
Purchased in 1925 for $500 by bookmaker and businessman Tim Mara, the New York Giants were New York City’s introduction to professional football. The National Football League was a mere five year …
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€32.99
Lew Freedman & Lew Freedman: "Then Ozzie Said to Harold. . ."
Written for every sports fan who follows the Chicago White Sox, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers-all while eavesdropping …
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€14.93
Lew Freedman & Bobby &Slick& Leonard: Boom, Baby!
Bobby ‚Slick‘ Leonard has etched his name forever on the Mount Rushmore of Indiana basketball, and in Boom, Baby! he shares memories from his storied career. Leonard takes readers inside the Indiana …
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€16.20
Lew Freedman: Cubs Essential
A one-stop record containing everything Cubs fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and …
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€15.02
Lew Freedman: White Sox Essential
A one-stop record containing everything White Sox fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, …
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€15.01
Lew Freedman & Lew Freedman: Going Yard
Going Yard includes everything anyone would want to know about home runs-from the rise of Babe Ruth, whose prodigious power revolutionized the sport in the Roaring Twenties and the most famous …
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€14.97
Lew Freedman: 50 Greatest Plays in Chicago Bears Football History
In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their …
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€17.48
Lew Freedman & J. R. Richard: Still Throwing Heat
A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weakness in 1980. Initially scoffed at because he continued …
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€17.45
Lew Freedman: Game of My Life Chicago Bears
Since their founding in 1919, the Chicago Bears have carried the hearts and souls of football fans throughout the country. Now supporters of one of the NFLs most storied franchises will go into the …
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€18.77
Lew Freedman: Game of My Life Chicago White Sox
More than twenty former and current Pale Hose players share their fondest single-game White Sox experience and memories with the Chicago Tribunes Lew Freedman. Many of these moments have helped shape …
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€18.77
Lew Freedman: Game of My Life Cincinnati Reds
In this compilation of stories from members of the Cincinnati Reds, baseballs first professional team, Lew Freedman takes readers through decades of Reds baseball. In these firsthand accounts, …
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€18.77
Lew Freedman: Summer to Remember
While the Cleveland Indians are known lately more for being cellar dwellers than world champions, that wasnt the case in 1948. Ranked by the Sporting News as the ninth-best team in baseball history, …
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€18.77
Lew Freedman: Knuckleball
It took me a day to learn [the knuckleball] and a lifetime to learn how to throw it for a strike.This quote, by pitcher and coach Charlie Hough, is the best way to understand baseballs most baffling …
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€19.94
Lew Freedman: Rise of the Seminoles
The Rise of the Seminoles is the fairy-tale story of Florida State University football. From 197375, the football team at FSU had a combined record of 429. The next season, Bobby Bowden took over as …
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€19.94
Lew Freedman: Original Six
Since the inception of the National Hockey League on November 26, 1917, the sport of hockey has been one of the most popular games across the globe.After the National Hockey Association (NHA), which …
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€19.94
Lew Freedman: Bears by the Numbers
What do Al Campana, Frank Dempsey, Stan Wallace, Don Mullins, Gale Sayers, and Steve Trimble all have in common? They all wore number 40 for the Chicago Bears, even though more than four decades …
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€12.90
Lew Freedman: Warren Spahn
With 363 victories, Warren Spahn is the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history. During his 21-year career, Spahn won 20+ games thirteen times, was a 17-time All Star, a Cy Youngaward …
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€19.94
Juan Marichal: Juan Marichal
In a decade that featured such legendary hurlers as Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale, and other Hall of Famers, no pitcher won more games than Juan Marichal in the 1960s. His unique, high-kic …
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€27.99
Michael Barr: Remembering Bulldog Turner
Clyde “Bulldog” Turner rose from the West Texas plains to become an early lynchpin of the Chicago Bears and the NFL and one of the greatest linemen of the pre-television era. Fame, however, did not …
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€10.99
Lew Freedman: Becoming Iron Men
Loyola University Chicago was ahead of its time when racial matters were forefront in a long overdue revolution in civil rights. The Ramblers of the 1962-1963 NCAA college basketball season were …
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€10.99
Lew Freedman: Sports Weird-o-Pedia
By any standard of normal behavior, sports cannot escape the definition of weirdness.Sports achievements have the capacity to inspire and excite watchers, whether through athletic brilliance or …
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€11.73
Lew Freedman: Phillies 1980!
How the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded for the …
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€19.94
Lew Freedman: 1930
The 1930 Major League baseball season was both marvelous and horrendous, great for hitters, embarrassing for pitchers. In totality it was just this side of insane as an outlier among all …
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€21.12
Lew Freedman & Bobby &Slick& Leonard: Boom, Baby!
Bobby ‚Slick‘ Leonard has etched his name forever on the Mount Rushmore of Indiana basketball, and in Boom, Baby! he shares memories from his storied career. Leonard takes readers inside the Indiana …
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€16.22
Lew Freedman & Lew Freedman: Going Yard
Going Yard includes everything anyone would want to know about home runs-from the rise of Babe Ruth, whose prodigious power revolutionized the sport in the Roaring Twenties and the most famous …
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Englisch
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€14.98
Freedman Lew Freedman: Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing
This two-volume encyclopedia is the Daytona 500 of stock car racing books-an essential "Bible" that provides an all-encompassing history of the sport as well as an up-to-date examination of …
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€169.09
