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I think Charles Alexander does a pretty fair job with all his subjects.
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02-23-2016, 06:23 AM
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I agree with Dan.
A Terrible Beauty. No Stump, no Alexander. I read them both they're more or less identical to each other and didn't keep my attention as much as A Terrible Beauty did.
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'Heart of a Tiger' personal Review
After reading Hank Thomas's great biography of his grandfather, Walter Johnson, I jumped at the chance to give Herschel Cobb equal time on his grandfather Ty.
However, I did not complete the task as I grew weary of the authors vivid descriptions of his parents' shortcomings which dominated the pages. He did have great love and affection for grandpa whose visits were portrayed as 'rescues' from the bleak life with his parents. While hearing about that side of Ty Cobb was refreshing, it could not overcome the shear volume of horrible stories attributed to the author's parents. I guess you have to be in the mood to read such a book...clearly, I was not. .
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02-23-2016, 08:36 PM
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Thanks for all the input guys! I am still leaning towards the Hornbaker book I think. Based on what I have seen it looks like it paint the most credible portrait of Cobb.
I'll def. be adding the Johnson Bio to my list of books to read! Scott
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