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Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball

Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball( )
Introduction by: Holtzman, Jerome
Author: Ruth, George Herman
ISBN:978-0-8032-8939-0
Publication Date:Apr 1992
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $28.60
Book Description:

Babe Ruth remains the most popular player in the history of baseball. The slugger for the New York Yankees established a home run record in the 1927 season, just a year before joining the league of authors. Babe Ruth's Own Book is a who's who of old-time greats--Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and many others. It describes the Babe's rise from poverty to stardom, catching his image and voice as freshly and permanently as pen and ink can. In a no-nonsense style,...
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Book Details
Pages:333
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 20.32 x 2.286 cm
Book Weight:0.385 Kilograms
Author Biography
Ruth, George Herman (Introduction by)
Jerome Holtzman was named the first official historian for Major League Baseball in June 1999 by Commissioner Bud Selig. He's the "dean" of America's baseball Boswells & was the baseball columnist & national baseball writer for the Chicago Tribune from 1981 until 1999. He joined the Tribune in 1981 after 38 years at the Chicago Sun-Times & the Daily Times. A member of baseball's Hall of Fame, he was assigned major league baseball in 1957 & traveled with the Cubs & the White Sox for 28 years, dividing his time equally between the two clubs.

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