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National Bestseller
He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam.
Babe Ruth was more than baseballs original superstar. For eighty-five years, he has remained the sports reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century . . . more than once. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? Why is so little known about his childhood, his private life, and his inner thoughts? In The Big Bam, Leigh Montville, whose recent New York Times bestselling biography of Ted Williams garnered glowing reviews and offered an exceptionally intimate look at Williamss life, brings his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the Babe.
From the award-winning author of theNew York TimesbestsellerTed Williamscomes the thoroughly original, definitively ambitious, and exhilaratingly colorful biography of the largest legend ever to loom in baseballand in the history of organized sports.Based on newly discovered documents and interviewsincluding pages from Ruths personal scrapbooks The Big Bam traces Ruths life from his bleak childhood in Baltimore to his brash entrance into professional baseball, from Boston to New York and into the record books as the worlds most explosive slugger and cultural luminary.
