Rhett,
This is a great book about Rube Waddell:
http://www.amazon.com/Rube-Waddell-B...6549747&sr=1-1
It is a great story and extremely well written. I know the author. He told me the story wrote itself. But he did a great job on the book. It is one of my favorite Dead Ball era biographies.
Let me give two more that are great stories and extremely well written:
Tris Speaker:
http://www.amazon.com/Tris-Speaker-R...6549882&sr=1-1
Hal Chase:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Prince-B...6549924&sr=1-2
Cy