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Ty Cobb : A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen (2015, Hardcover)
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Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. He got in a lot of fights, on and off the field, and was often accused of being overly aggressive. How did this happen?. Who is the real Ty Cobb?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-101451645767
ISBN-139781451645767
eBay Product ID (ePID)201592337
Product Key Features
Book TitleTy Cobb : a Terrible Beauty
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorCharles Leerhsen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-041478
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsNot only the best work ever written on this American sports legend: It's a major reconsideration of a reputation unfairly maligned for decades., Superbly reported, wonderfully written and often quite funny, Charles Leerhsen's Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, is a highly enlightening and highly enjoyable book. A new Cobb emerges-many-faced and passionate-in this important, original view of a figure well installed in baseball lore. This is a first-rate book by a first-rate writer., Superbly reported, wonderfully written and often quite funny, Charles Leerhsen's Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, is a highly enlightening and highly enjoyable book. A new Cobb emerges--many-faced and passionate--in this important, original view of a figure well installed in baseball lore. This is a first-rate book by a first-rate writer., A clear-eyed portrayal of Cobb not as a tyrant and not as a saint. It showcases Cobb as a flawed and vulnerable human being who, after suffering a nervous breakdown his second season, came back to fearlessly embrace his talent in an era that was just discovering what it meant to love baseball., Leerhsen wraps his penetrating profile of Cobb in gripping play-by-play rundowns and a colorful portrait of the anarchic 'dead-ball' era, when players played drunk and fans chased offending umpires from the field. This is a stimulating evocation of baseball's rambunctious youth and the man who epitomized it., Surprise! It wasn't the Georgia Peach who was prejudiced (especially), it was us, against him. Leerhsen's feat of research brings the real Cobb home at last., Leerhsen's magisterial reexamination presents a detailed view of Cobb culled from actual research rather than hearsay. . . . Thanks to exhaustive research, we now have a more realistic and sympathetic view of Cobb. . . . This is an important work for baseball and American historians as Cobb was one of the country's first true superstars., Charles Leerhsen has done baseball aficionados a great mercy by bringing to life Ty Cobb, the man and the ballplayer--warts and all, some might say. . . . And even more, Leerhsen summons up the days when baseball was young and innocent and, one thinks, filled with a kind of raw vitality that is missing today. . . . They don't make them like that--or like Cobb--anymore. And the real Cobb is more compelling than the one of legend and film., No matter what you think of Ty Cobb, you'll want to read Charles Leerhsen's fascinating biography, as he dispels rumors, exposes frauds, and challenges everything you thought you knew about the most controversial individual ever to play the great game of baseball., Charles Leerhsen has done baseball aficionados a great mercy by bringing to life Ty Cobb, the man and the ballplayer-warts and all, some might say. . . . And even more, Leerhsen summons up the days when baseball was young and innocent and, one thinks, filled with a kind of raw vitality that is missing today. . . . They don't make them like that-or like Cobb-anymore. And the real Cobb is more compelling than the one of legend and film., Ground-breaking, thorough and compelling. . . . The most complete, well-researched and thorough treatment of Cobb that has ever been written., "Now Cobb has an advocate, one who's actually read all the old newspaper clippings (some of which flatly contradict common "knowledge"), visited the terrain, and interviewed as many relevant people as he could find. Cobb was indeed a bruised peach but, as the author shows convincingly, not a thoroughly rotten one."
Dewey Decimal796.357092 B
SynopsisFinally--a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's tale. The Georgia Peach was by far the most thrilling player of the era: "Ty Cobb could cause more excitement with a base on balls than Babe Ruth could with a grand slam," one columnist wrote. When the Hall of Fame began in 1936, he was the first player voted in. But Cobb was also one of the game's most controversial characters. He got in a lot of fights, on and off the field, and was often accused of being overly aggressive. In his day, even his supporters acknowledged that he was a fierce and fiery competitor. Because his philosophy was to "create a mental hazard for the other man," he had his enemies, but he was also widely admired. After his death in 1961, however, something strange happened: his reputation morphed into that of a monster--a virulent racist who also hated children and women, and was in turn hated by his peers. How did this happen? Who is the real Ty Cobb? Setting the record straight, Charles Leerhsen pushed aside the myths, traveled to Georgia and Detroit, and re-traced Cobb's journey, from the shy son of a professor and state senator who was progressive on race for his time, to America's first true sports celebrity. In the process, he tells of a life overflowing with incident and a man who cut his own path through his times--a man we thought we knew but really didn't.
LC Classification NumberGV865.C6L44 2015
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- Mar 12, 2017
Great read about Cobb and early history of baseball
This book finally provides an accurate insight to the player and person of Ty Cobb as well as the personality of baseball at the turn of the century. The operation and play of amateur and professional baseball in the early 1900's had little resemblance to the modern game. I encourage you to read this if you have any interest in knowing the real Cobb and not the myth created by early newspapers and commentators and in more recent times, books by authors such as Al Stump. Works of fiction such as Stumps'only added to the misinformation and outright lies concerning Ty Cobb and the game played in that era.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 10, 2016
my review
Excellant It was important for the writer to go back to the original source. Many so called high quality writers pick a topic they like and poor on views consistent with there own. It's good to straighten out the true story of Cobb.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Sep 01, 2024
Great biography of an unjustly maligned player
Does an excellent job of correcting some major injustices to a great player and decent, if difficult man. Doesn't make him out to be a saint by any means, but does humanize him, and doesn't ignore his faults.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 28, 2020
the deep side of Cobb, below the generalities
great insight into Cobb's life other than the guessing/makeup written by Stump.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 02, 2018
Great book!
Excellent book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Sep 23, 2024
Tremendous
Great book about the greatest ball player of all time Absolute satisfactionVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 11, 2016
Good book!
If you're interested in the life of Ty Cobb, this is a fine book. It starts from the beginning of his life and continues to the end. I really enjoyed it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Feb 20, 2022
Objective view of the facts!
Not finished yetVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 11, 2015
Great Book
Great book about a man who history may have given a bad reputation. Read the book and you decide.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Sep 21, 2015
Great book
Quick shipment. Good packaging.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
