Interesting and informative story of the first deaf major league baseball player.
(Also posted on my blog Hearing Sparks.) Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy is by Bill Wise (illustrations by Adam Gustavson). It takes us through the life of William Hoy. William, or "Dummy" as he actually came to prefer to be called (the term was acceptable in the 19th centu...