Ty Cobb (Sport in American Life) - Softcover

Alexander, Charles C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870745093 ISBN 13: 9780870745096

Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

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.

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Ty Cobb With a new afterword by the author, brings vividly to life one of the most brilliant players in the game of baseball and highlights the profound changes that took place in the sport during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. Full description

Review:

"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"

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0870745093
• ISBN 13: 9780870745096
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288