Ty Cobb
Published on 7. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-87074-509-6 (ISBN)
Description
Probably the most volatile, fear-inspiring presence in baseball history, Ty Cobb was one of the most brilliant players in the game during his twenty-four-year career in the major leagues. Drawing on primary sources and personal interviews, Alexander brings Ty Cobb and his era vividly to life, showing the profound changes that took place in the sport of baseball during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.
Reviews / Votes
"Impressive. A fascinating analysis of Cobb's personality." - The New York Times "Alexander has performed that magical feat of creating Ty Cobb, warts and all. A wonderful, wonderful book." - Newsday "Ty Cobb is a sociology of a time as well as a biography of the greatest and nastiest player of them all." - Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books "Impeccably researched... reads like a novel. A fine book." - Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Their Times "Alexander's Ty Cobb is a great biography." - Mike Shannon, editor of Spitball"More details
Series
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dallas
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-87074-509-6 (9780870745096)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
CHARLES C. ALEXANDER, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University, has published several important works of American intellectual and cultural history in addition to his other acclaimed baseball books - John McGraw, Our Game: An American Baseball History, Rogers Hornsby: A Biography, and Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Depression Era. He is currently working on a biography of Tris Speaker for SMU Press.