Named to MLB.com's Notable Baseball Books of 2017 "Ron Kaplan has this subject cornered. With diligent research woven into a very entertaining read, he has nailed Hank Greenberg's most important and controversial season into a book for the ages." -- Marty Appel, author of Pinstripe Empire and Casey Stengel "Jewish icon Hank Greenberg preferred to let his bat do the talking--and it never spoke louder than in 1938, when he chased Babe Ruth's single-season home run record while Hitler and Nazi Germany ramped up their persecution of Jews. Ron Kaplan recounts the story of Greenberg's heroic season with insight, humor and a firm grasp of its greater historical context." -- Dan Epstein, author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass and Stars and Strikes "Kaplan offers a detailed analysis of the season and Greenberg's quest for the record" -- New York Journal of Books "Ron Kaplan does first-rate work, giving us a deeper appreciation of one of baseball's most thriling performances." -- Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man and Opening Day " Hank Greenberg in 1938 is an important book for its subject, its time and its place. We are there with the powerfully built slugger of the Detroit Tigers as he plays baseball in the shadow of a world at war, a time Jews like him were being rounded up in Europe as the Holocaust began in all its horror.

Author Kaplan, an award winning journalist and blogger, goes into great detail showing how Greenberg deals with prejudice on the baseball field and stays focused to break Babe Ruth's season home run record. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" --Harvey Frommer, seamheads.com "Ron Kaplan tells the story with the same dignity and grace that Greenberg exhibited on the field and in his life. Hank Greenberg in 1938 is a wonderful baseball book, loaded with anecdotes and statistics. Whether you love baseball, history or both, you will want to read it." -- Book Reporter.