Ty Cobb [Paperback]

Anyone who likes baseball will enjoy reading this book. --Sparky Anderson

Impressive...Valuable...An often fascinating analysis of Cobb's personality. --The New York Times Book Review

Crisply written, a splendid addition to the sports-biography shelf. --Chicago Sun-Times

Now, thanks to...Charles Alexander, comes a biography of the 'Georgia Peach' that is carefully researched, crisply written and all too revealing. --San Francisco Chronicle

No baseball fan will want to pass up this book....Alexander has performed that magical feat of creating Ty Cobb, warts and all....It's a wonderful, wonderful book. --Newsday

Professor Alexander has...written the best book yet on Cobb. --Reviews in American History

This is the best biography of Ty Cobb ever written. It is based on impeccable research and yet still reads like a novel. A fine book. --Lawrence Ritter, author ofThe Glory of Their Times

What a wonderful book! It is both engaging social history and a wonderful yarn. --William E. Leuchtenburgh, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A good picture of Cobb's winning ethic and of his place in the 'national pastime.' --Journal of American History

A very good book, especially at integrating the life of Cobb with the wider spectrum of sports and American culture. --Kevin S. Fontenot, Tulane University

Charles C. Alexanderis Professor of History at Ohio University. He is the author of a number of books includingHere the Country Lies: Nationalism and the Arts in Twentieth-Century AmericaandHolding the Line: The Eisenhower Era.