{"product_id":"the-big-fella-babe-ruth-and-the-world-he-created-paperback","title":"The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Leavy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Jane Leavy, the award-winning, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSandy Koufax\u003c\/em\u003e, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth--the man Roger Angell dubbed \"the model for modern celebrity.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 SABR Seymour Medal Finalist for the PEN\/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award Longlisted for \u003cem\u003eSpitball\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine's Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Finalist for the NBCC Award for Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Leavy's newest masterpiece.... A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eForbes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lived in the present tense--in the camera's lens. There was no frame he couldn't or wouldn't fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace--radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers--Babe Ruth \"made impossible events happen.\" Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh--business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit--Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis was a life of journeys and itineraries--from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter hitting his 60th home run in September 1927--a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season--he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a \"Symphony of Swat.\" The \u003cem\u003eOmaha World Herald\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent.\" In \u003cem\u003eThe Big Fella\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth's life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lived in the present tense--in the camera's lens. There was no frame he couldn't or wouldn't fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the newfangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace--radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones, and loudspeakers--Babe Ruth expanded notions of the possible. Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh--business manager, spin doctor, damage-control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit--Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis was a life of journeys and itineraries--from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips, grand tours of foreign capitals and postseason promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter hitting his sixtieth home run in September 1927--a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season--he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a \"Symphony of Swat.\" The \u003cem\u003eOmaha World Herald\u003c\/em\u003e called it \"the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent.\" In \u003cem\u003eThe Big Fella\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy re-creates that twenty-one-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth's life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753522921760,"sku":"9780062380234","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdd441a851eeb14eee42ef4df12dfb30.webp?v=1780021963","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-big-fella-babe-ruth-and-the-world-he-created-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}