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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2018-05-31
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780826221605
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826221602
ISBN-13
9780826221605
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240330679
Product Key Features
Book Title
Breaking Babe Ruth : Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star
Number of Pages
302 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Book Series
Sports and American Culture Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-052792
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"For nearly two decades, Major League Baseball waged a war, primarily through the press, against its greatest hero--on one hand using Ruth to save the game from its most tainted era, while on the other 'infantilizing' Ruth and feeding the myth of a naïve, wayward adolescent in order to control their savior's more dangerous impulses."-- Nathan Michael Corzine , Instructor in History, Coastal Carolina Community College; author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball "A welcome edition to the library of Babe Ruth books."--Jeremy Schaap, ESPNs' "The Sporting Life." "A fascinating story that seeks to show an aspect of Babe Ruth's career not dealt with in past biographies. Wehrle succeeds in showing how the baseball establishment aided by the journalism of the day sought to portray Ruth as a spoiled and unintelligent man-child. After Breaking Babe Ruth all future writers about Ruth and his times will have to deal with Wehrle's ground-breaking research. Well-written and based on an exhaustive examination of the sources for Ruth and his times. Will take its place among the key books for understanding the sport of baseball in the 1915-1940 era."-- John Rossi , Professor Emeritus of History, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, "For nearly two decades, Major League Baseball waged a war, primarily through the press, against its greatest hero--on one hand using Ruth to save the game from its most tainted era, while on the other 'infantilizing' Ruth and feeding the myth of a nave, wayward adolescent in order to control their savior's more dangerous impulses."-- Nathan Michael Corzine , Instructor in History, Coastal Carolina Community College; author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball, "For nearly two decades, Major League Baseball waged a war, primarily through the press, against its greatest hero--on one hand using Ruth to save the game from its most tainted era, while on the other 'infantilizing' Ruth and feeding the myth of a naïve, wayward adolescent in order to control their savior's more dangerous impulses."-- Nathan Michael Corzine , Instructor in History, Coastal Carolina Community College; author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball, "A fascinating story that seeks to show an aspect of Babe Ruth's career not dealt with in past biographies. Wehrle succeeds in showing how the baseball establishment aided by the journalism of the day sought to portray Ruth as a spoiled and unintelligent man-child. After Breaking Babe Ruth all future writers about Ruth and his times will have to deal with Wehrle's ground-breaking research. Well-written and based on an exhaustive examination of the sources for Ruth and his times. Will take its place among the key books for understanding the sport of baseball in the 1915-1940 era."-- John Rossi , Professor Emeritus of History, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, "A nuanced and well-researched economic and social biography of the game's greatest slugger, who was more than just the lovable and naive Babe." --David Alvarez, The Inside Game, "A well-written, well-sourced, timely examination of the construction and flexibility of athletes' reputations."--Elizabeth O'Connell Gennari, Journal of Sports History, "This is a well-researched work rooted in the periodical literature of its period; it also engages and adjusts the voluminous literature on Ruth."-- Ryan K. Anderson , Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Pembroke; author of Frank Merriwell and the Fiction of All-American Boyhood: The Progressive Era Creations of the Schoolboy Sports Story ., "Breaking Babe Ruth shines fresh light on its subject. It is a historical corrective, an amicus brief for the most compelling and dominant athlete of his era."--Daniel A. Nathan, Journal of American History, "A fascinating story that seeks to show an aspect of Babe Ruth's career not dealt with in past biographies. Wehrle's succeeds in showing how the baseball establishment aided by the journalism of the day sought to portray Ruth as a spoiled and unintelligent man child. After Breaking the Babe all future writers about Babe Ruth and his times will have to deal with Wehrle's ground-breaking research. Well-written and based on an exhaustive examination of the sources for Ruth and his times. Will take its place among the key books for understanding the sport of baseball in the 1915-1940 era."-- John Rossi , Professor Emeritus of History, LaSalle University, Philadelphia
Grade From
College Freshman
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Table Of Content
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION ONE. BASEBALL'S SEARCH FOR ORDER TWO. FRENZY! THREE. CHALLENGE TO AUTHORITY, PART I FOUR. "A REMARKABLE CHANGE IN THE KING OF SWAT": COMEBACK I FIVE. CHALLENGE TO AUTHORITY, PART II SIX. "IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF PHYSICAL CONDITION": COMEBACK II SEVEN. TRIUMPH EIGHT. "FAIR ENOUGH IN TIMES LIKE THESE" NINE. REMOVING RUTH TEN. "A WELL-PAID SLAVE IS NONETHELESS A SLAVE" NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Synopsis
Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball's draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth's immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the Babe, frustrated and struggling with injuries and illness, grew more acquiescent, but the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember him to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue., Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball's draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth's immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the Babe, frustrated and struggling with injuries and illness, grew more acquiescent, but the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember Babe Ruth to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue.
LC Classification Number
GV865
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