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Babe : the legend comes to life

Author: Robert W Creamer
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Series: Fireside sports classic
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English : 1st Fireside edView all editions and formats
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"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer revea Read more...

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Named Person: Babe Ruth
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert W Creamer
ISBN: 067176070X : 9780671760700
OCLC Number: 24667104
Notes: "A Fireside book." Includes index.
Description: 443 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Title: Fireside sports classic
Responsibility: Robert W. Creamer.
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"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports legend. From Ruth's early days in a Baltimore orphanage, to the glory days with the Yankees, to his later years, Creamer has drawn a classic portrait of an American original. Annotation. "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." -- Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports legend. From Ruth's early days in a Baltimore orphanage, to the glory days with the Yankees, to his later years, Creamer has drawn a classic portrait of an American original.

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