Babe Ruth
His Life and Legend
Published on 1. April 2014
316 pages
978-1-4976-1144-3 (ISBN)
Description
The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered for his dramatic heroism not only on the baseball diamond but also in his life. Kal Wagenheim illustrates this larger than life athlete in his book
Babe Ruth: His Life and Legends, and describes him as both a product of his childhood in Baltimore and of his formative years as a New York Yankee. Ruth struggled desperately with the dramatic contrast between the poverty of his youth and the glamour and stardom that his famed career brought him, and although his name became synonymous with wooing women and abusing alcohol, nothing could prevent him from becoming one of history's greatest athletes.
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07/2014
Open Road Media
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Person
Kal Wagenheim, born in Newark, New Jersey, is a journalist formerly with the
New York Times and currently editor of
Caribbean UPDATE monthly newsletter, as well as an author, literary translator, and writer of plays and screenplays. He is also adjunct associate professor at Columbia University's Writing Division, School of the Arts. Kal Wagenhiem's website is www.kalwagenheim.com.
Content
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- "He Fell from a Tree"
- First Inning
- "Little George"
- "He Is a Fork-Hander"
- "They Called Each Other Hon'"
- Second Inning
- "Two-Head!"
- "It's a Gift"
- Third Inning
- "The Diamond-Studded Ball-Buster"
- "Crack It, Babe!"
- "You've Got This Country Goofy"
- Fourth Inning
- "Are Tonsils but Useless Appendages?"
- "The House That Ruth Built"
- Fifth Inning
- "The Bellyache Heard Round the World"
- "Keep Cool with Cabbage"
- Sixth Inning
- "Hey, Kiddo, a Little Bi"
- "I'm a Friend of Al's"
- Seventh Inning
- The Crash
- Eighth Inning
- "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky"
- "Bull in a Bear Market"
- "I Want That Ball!"
- "How Does It Feel, Babe?"
- Ninth Inning
- "Why Should It Happen to Me?"
- Endnotes
