Hank Aaron help

[jason.1969]

Darn! The writing looked different to me, but I couldn't imagine why a forger would go to the trouble of writing so much--I wonder if it was just a guy who happened to be Hank giving a gift to a friend. But either way, thanks. I trust the expertise here quite a bit.

[Econteachert205]

Since it starts with "hank" saying after reading this book, I think one can safely assume he was not the one writing it. Although plenty of people have written books it seemed they never read.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Since it starts with "hank" saying after reading this book, I think one can safely assume he was not the one writing it. Although plenty of people have written books it seemed they never read.

I think it MAY say, "After reading this week..." Hard to tell though.

[mcgwirecom]

The "Hank" signature looks more like Hank Greenberg to me... but he died in 1986.

[MooseDog]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Darn! The writing looked different to me, but I couldn't imagine why a forger would go to the trouble of writing so much--I wonder if it was just a guy who happened to be Hank giving a gift to a friend. But either way, thanks. I trust the expertise here quite a bit.

Bingo. I work for a "Friends of the Library" organization and occasionally we will get a book written by a famous person with a gift inscription by a person who just happens to have the same first name.

The funniest one was a "Hilary" (one L) who gifted a Hillary (two L's) Clinton book to someone named Nancy and wrote a nice inscription on the title page. One of our volunteers got all excited until I pointed this out, then showed her the cover, which had a printed version of Clinton's signature on it and the handwriting wasn't even close.