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The Life That Ruth Built: A Biography
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The Life That Ruth Built: A Biography

Marshall Smelser
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Smelser demonstrates that a good historian can write good sports history and that good sports history makes good history. Of course Smelser had an ideal subject: Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. But the author made the most of his opportunity. -Eugene Murdock, American Historical Review

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Country
United States
Date
1 January 1993
Pages
592
ISBN
9780803292185

Smelser demonstrates that a good historian can write good sports history and that good sports history makes good history. Of course Smelser had an ideal subject: Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. But the author made the most of his opportunity. -Eugene Murdock, American Historical Review

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Country
United States
Date
1 January 1993
Pages
592
ISBN
9780803292185

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