The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It - Hardcover

Ritter, Lawrence S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688039014 ISBN 13: 9780688039011

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1984

Synopsis

Autobiographical accounts of accomplished baseball players of the early twentieth century

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Review:

"Almost perfect . . . a vivid, gentle, and humorous narrative, accompanied by marvelous photographs."-- Roger Angell, "The New Yorker"Quite simply the best sports book in recent memory."-- Wilfrid Sheed, "The New York Times Book Review""The Glory of Their Times will be around as long as baseball."-- Nelson Algren"I could happily reread every summer for the rest of my life that greatest of all baseball books, "The Glory of Their Times."-- Stephen Jay Gould, "The New York Times Book Review"Warm, happy, exciting . . . It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed "The Glory of Their Times. . . The day after I finished it I started reading it all over again."-- Ted Williams"Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone."-- "Cleveland Plain Dealer"There's not a dull moment in the whole book."-- "The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer" . . . It is a very readable, enjoyable chronicle of the six or seven decades of the game that preceded what is often referred to as the modern era. It can easily be enjoyed by anyone who likes good writing, interesting characters and has just a passing knowledge of the game."-- Pete Reynolds, "The Chicago Star"The single best baseball book of all time."-- Red Barber

From the Author:

The Cassette and CD audio versions are the PLAYERS speaking.
I have been asked whether the audiocassette and the audio CD of Glory are simply someone reading the pages of the book. The answer is no. Both of them are copies of the original tapes of the interviews that I recorded in the 1960s, remastered and digitalized to increase claritry and fidelity. What you hear is five hours of the voices of the players themselves talking to me 30-plus years ago.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0688039014
• ISBN 13: 9780688039011
• Binding: Hardcover