Breaking Babe Ruth : Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star /

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"This book project turns on its head popular memories of Babe Ruth--perhaps the most influential sports figure of the past century. Virtually every biographical treatment depicts Ruth the same way: a man tall on athletic talent and personality--yet short on intellectual acumen and good sense. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wehrle, Edmund F., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ruth, Babe, > 1895-1948.
Major League Baseball (Organization)
Major League Baseball (Organization) > History > 20th century.
Baseball players.
Baseball.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
1900 - 1999.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Baseball's search for order
  • Frenzy!
  • Challenge to authority, part I
  • "A remarkable change in the king of swat": comeback I
  • Challenge to authority part II
  • "It was just a matter of physical condition": comeback II
  • Triumph
  • "Fair enough in times like these"
  • Removing Ruth
  • "A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave".

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