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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: John S
I am in the process of making a holiday wish list for my wife which will include a few books. I have not read any of the more recent Ruth bios (last twenty years) and would like some opinions regarding the best read. Thanks in advance. |
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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: Wade
I just read The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville. It was fantastic and I believe it came out in 2006? It spends a lot of time discussing Ruth's years at St. Mary's orphanage in Baltimore as well as the inconsistencies in previous reports concerning his family. I am sure it must have been released in 2006 because Montville briefly discusses recent steroid allegations concerning Barry Bonds and Mark Mcgwire. I would highly recommend it. |
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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Babe, by Robert Creamer, 1974. Get her to look at abebooks.com |
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Posted By: Dave Rey
Creamer's Babe biography is the standard -- and it's one of the best baseball bios ever written. His "1941" is also excellent. |
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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: Rich Klein
I personally believe the Marshall Smelser book The Life that Ruth Built is an even better book than Creamer's book. Both are great, just my opinion |
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Posted By: Glenn
I haven't read any of the recent ones, but I just read the Creamer book over the summer. It is excellent. If you're like me, you'll end up searching ebay for items related to any obscure event or person mentioned in the book. |
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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: John S
Glenn, |
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Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: Glenn
Ah, so I'm not the only one with the index-as-checklist illness. I'm relieved. |
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