People from Independence, Missouri

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Ginger Rogers, Albert Pujols, Larry C. Johnson, Jim Butcher, Margaret Weis, Margaret Truman, Rick Sutcliffe, Elbert A. Smith, Bess Truman, Cathay Williams, Jared Huffman, Charles R. Long, Sam Hildreth, Christy Henrich, Paul Henning, Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr., Robert DePugh, Peggy Noland, Arliss Howard, Marla Hanson, Duane E. Couey, Victor Callahan, Charlie Ross, Ellis Short, Daniel G. Hill, Jim Abel, Dom Chiti, L. F. P. Curry, John F. Garver, Hiram Young, Larry Hooper, James L. Boldridge, Don Ettinger, Gary Bergen, Teresa Carpenter, Nathan Adam Morley, Harry Suter, David Stover. Excerpt: Jos Alberto Pujols Alc ntara (born January 16, 1980), better known as Albert Pujols (Spanish pronunciation: ), is a Dominican professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. Currently a first baseman, Pujols is considered one of the top players in Major League Baseball and the most feared hitter in baseball, according to a poll of all 30 MLB managers in 2008. He won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2001 and has since been selected as an All-Star nine times, has won the National League Most Valuable Player Award three times, has twice won the National League Hank Aaron Award, and has a World Series ring from the Cardinals 2006 title. At the end of the 2010 season, he led all active players in batting average (.331), slugging percentage (.624), and on-base percentage (.426), and ranks among the Top 40 leading home run hitters in Major League Baseball history. He was selected by ESPN.com as the greatest player of the decade from 2000-2009. He stands 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), weighs 230 pounds (100 kg), bats and throws right-handed. Born on January 16, 1980, Pujols was raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by his grandmother. Pujols and his family immigrated to the United States from th...