Informationen zum Autor Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post , is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy , The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood , and the comic novel Squeeze Play . She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts. Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post , is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy , The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood , and the comic novel Squeeze Play . She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts. Klappentext He lived in the present tensein the camera's lens. There was no frame he couldn't or wouldn't fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Babe Ruth expanded notions of the possible. Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh, Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itinerariesfrom Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and postseason promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. And finallyafter hitting his 60th home run in September 1927the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. In The Big Fella , acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth's life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man. Zusammenfassung From Jane Leavy! the award-winning! New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax ! comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruththe man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." He lived in the present tensein the camera's lens. There was no frame he couldn't or wouldn't fill. He swung the heaviest bat! earned the most money! and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplaceradios! automatic clothes washers! Brownie cameras! microphones and loudspeakersBabe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walshbusiness manager! spin doctor! damage control wizard! and surrogate father! all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suitRuth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itinerariesfrom uncouth to couth! spartan to spendthrift! abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York! and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours! not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927a total that would not be exceeded until 1961! when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern seasonhe embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours! a three-week victory lap across America! accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a "Symphony of Swat." The Omaha World Herald called it "the biggest show since Ringling Brothers! Barnum and Bailey! and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent." In The Big Fella ! acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth's ...

Klappentext

He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Babe Ruth expanded notions of the possible. Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh, Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom.

His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and postseason promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. And finally—after hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig.

In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.

Zusammenfassung

From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity."

He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom.

His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases.

After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a "Symphony of Swat." The Omaha World Herald called it "the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent." In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times.

Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.