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The Big Bam

the life and times of Babe Ruth

By Montville, Leigh

Publishers Summary:
"Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For eighty-five years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. Based on newly discovered documents and interviews - including pages from Ruth's personal scrapbooks - The Big Bam traces Ruth's life from his bleak childhood in Baltimore to his brash entrance into professional baseball, from Boston to New York and into the record books as the world's most explosive slugger and cultural luminary. Montville explores every aspect of the man, paying particular attention to the myths that have always surrounded him."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-38551-437-8
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, c2006.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on April 15, 2006

This book represents an ambitious endeavor: to lift the fog from so many periods and events that shroud the life of Babe Ruth, perhaps the best-known athlete in the history of North America. Beginning with an incisive reconstruction of Ruth�s childhood, Montville, an award-winning baseball writer best known for his recent biography of Ted Williams, can boast of having published the best Ruth biography to date, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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