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The big fella : Babe Ruth and the world he created / Jane Leavy.
A portrait of Babe Ruth and his partnership with business manager Christy Walsh traces how their strategies, achievements and notoriety established a blueprint for modern athletic stardom.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062380227
- ISBN: 0062380222
- Physical Description: xxx, 620 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 582-591) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Prologue: June 13, 1902, Baltimore -- October 10, Providence -- October 10, Aboard the New York Central to Manhattan -- October 11, Trenton -- October 12, Cityline -- October 13, Asbury Park -- October 13-14, Aboard the Manhattan Limited to Lima -- October 15, Kansas City, Missouri -- October 16, Omaha -- October 17, Aboard the Rock Island Line to Des Moines -- October 18, Sioux City -- October 19, Denver -- October 21-22, Bay Area -- October 23, Bay Area II -- October 25, Marysville -- October 26, San Jose -- October 28, San Diego -- October 29, Fresno -- October 30, Los Angeles -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: The power of the man -- Appendix II: The Babe's portfolio -- Author's note and sources -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948. Outfielders (Baseball) Baseball players > United States > Biography. Nineteen hundreds (Decade) |
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| Easton Main Library | RUTH (Text) | 31901004285971 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Abington Community Library | 92 RUTH (Text) | 50687011605758 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 05/03/2024 |
| Allentown Public Library | 796.357 LEAV (Text) | 34455006495689 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | 796.357 Lea (Text) | 00140512 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Bedford County Library | B RUTH (Text) | 35010001063823 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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| Bethlehem South Side Branch | 796.357 (Text) | 33062009083065 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Blossburg Memorial Library | B RUTH LEA (Text) | 30063001041567 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 796.357 R974L (Text) | 85131001634501 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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