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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

by Montville, Leigh

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ISBN 10
0385514379
ISBN 13
9780385514378
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New York: Doubleday, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 390pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($26.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A sharp collectable copy of an uncommon title.

Synopsis

He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam. From the award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Ted Williams comes the thoroughly original, definitively ambitious, and exhilaratingly colorful biography of the largest legend ever to loom in baseball--and in the history of organized sports."[Montville is] one of America's best sportswriters." --Chicago TribuneBabe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For eighty-five years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century . . . more than once. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? Why is so little known about his childhood, his private life, and his inner thoughts? In The Big Bam, Leigh Montville, whose recent New York Times bestselling biography of Ted Williams garnered glowing reviews and offered an exceptionally intimate look at Williams's life, brings his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the Babe. 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. Did he really hit the "called shot" homer in the 1932 World Series? Were his home runs really "the farthest balls ever hit" in countless ballparks around the country? Was he really part black--making him the first African American professional baseball superstar? And was Ruth the high-octane, womanizing, heavy-drinking "fatso" of legend . . . or just a boyish, rudderless quasi-orphan who did, in fact, take his training and personal conditioning quite seriously?At a time when modern baseball is grappling with hyper-inflated salaries, free agency, and assorted controversies, The Big Bam brings back the pure glory days of the game. Leigh Montville operates at the peak of his abilities, exploring Babe Ruth in a way that intimately, and poignantly, illuminates a most remarkable figure.

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Bookseller
Brenner's Collectable Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
010076
Title
The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
Author
Montville, Leigh
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0385514379
ISBN 13
9780385514378
Publisher
Doubleday
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2006

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