Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

by Charles Leerhsen

Book Overview

A fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb--"The best work ever written on this American sports legend: It's a major reconsideration of a reputation unfairly maligned for decades" (The Boston Globe).

Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player ever. His lifetime batting average is still the highest in history, and when he retired in 1928, after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451645791
• ISBN13: 9781451645798
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.8"