[bksvol-discuss] Newly submittedL The Big Bam: The Life And Times Of Babe Ruth
- From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:23:03 -0600
Hi again,
Submitted on June 26, 2006, which just happens to be the anniversarary of
the birth in 1819 of Abner Doubleday, often referred to as the inventor of
the game of baseball. And also the book was published by Doubleday.
It is in RTF. My email is in the comment section if validatitor needs to
contact me.
TITLE:
The Big Bam: The Life And Times Of Babe Ruth
AUTHOR:
Leigh Montville
YEAR OF COPYRIGHT:
2006
GENRE: (checkboxes)
Biography, non-fiction, sports
How Many Pages:
400
SHORT DESCRIPTION: 300 character limit (with spaces)
A new comprehensive biography, showing why Babe Ruth was much bigger than
the game of baseball,and named Athlete of the Century more than once.
ISBN #:
10: 0-385-51437-9
400 pp. Hardcover, first edition, pub. Doubleday
LONGER DESCRIPTION: (1716 characters)
Babe 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 barn, 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, 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 hyperinflated salaries,
free agency, and assorted controversies, The Big barn 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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