a New York Times Notable Book; Spitball Award For Best Baseball Book Of 1994; Basis For A Major Hollywood Motion Picture. Now In Paperback, The Biography That Baseball Fans All Across The Country Have Been Talking About. Al Stump Redefined America's Perception Of One Of Its Most Famous Sports Heroes With This Gripping Look At A Man Who Walked The Line Between Greatness And Psychosis. Based On Stump's Interviews With Ty Cobb While Ghostwriting The Hall-of-famer's 1961 Autobiography, This Award-winning New Account Of Cobb's Life And Times Reveals Both The Darkness And The Brilliance Of The Georgia Peach. The Most Powerful Baseball Biography I Have Read.--roger Kahn, Author Of The Boys Of Summer
stump, Ty Cobb's Ghostwriter For The 1961 Autobiography My Life In Baseball, Fleshes Out The Story In This Bare-knuckle, Shocking Biography. Born In Georgia In 1886, Cobb Began His Baseball Career With The Detroit Tigers In 1905 And Stayed In The Big Leagues Until 1928-all The Time Hated By His Rivals And Teammates Alike Because Of His Meanness And Combativeness. The Author Portrays The Highlights Of Cobb's Career: His First Batting Championship In 1907; His 96 Stolen Bases In 1915; And His Three .400 Seasons In 1911, 1912 And 1922. Stump Also Looks At Cobb's Involvement In Game-fixing In 1919, His Time As A Manager And His Activities After Retiring. He Died In 1961. The Most Sensational Aspects Of The Book Deal With Cobb's Personal Life: His Mother's Murder Of His Father, Millionaire Cobb's Cheapness (no Electricity Or Telephone In His House), Wife Beating, Alcoholism And Racial Bigotry. Stump Has Written A Biography Of The ``georgia Peach'' That Will Stun Readers With Its Brutal Candor. Photos. 25,000 First Printing. (oct.)
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- Sports & Outdoors
- Baseball
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Author : Stump, Al
Language : English
Edition : unknown
Published :1996-01-03
Number Of Pages : 468
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1565121449
ISBN-13 : 9781565121447
Item weight : 1.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 5.9 in x 8.9 in
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