Ty Cobb
1st Edition
Published on 5. April 1984
299 pages
978-0-19-976986-5 (ISBN)
Description
Ty Cobb was one of the most famous baseball players who every lived. The author puts Cobb into the context of his times, describing the very different game on the field then, and successfully probes Cobb's complex personality.
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Charles C. Alexander
Ty Cobb
Book
04/1995
Oxford University Press Inc
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Charles C. Alexander is Professor of History at Ohio University. He is the author of a number of books including Here the Country Lies: Nationalism and the Arts in Twentieth-Century America and Holding the Line: The Eisenhower Era.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Contents
- Prologue
- I: "Don't Come Home a Failure
- II: The World He Entered
- III: "The Most Miserable and Humiliating Experience
- IV: A Pennant for Detroit
- V: Two More Pennants and October Disappointments
- VI: "The Greatest Player of All Time
- VII: "Ty Cobb's Most Glorious Years Are Behind Him
- VIII: A World War and a New Era
- IX: Boss of the Tigers
- X: "Is There Any Decency Left on Earth?
- XI: Vindication
- XII: "Just Looking In Doesn't Help
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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