“Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty” by Charles Leershen. Interesting read in a lot of respects. According to Leershen, much of what is “known” about Cobb was manufactured by a writer (Al Stump) that penned an “unofficial biography” that was full of falsehoods.
The book is not an “exoneration” of Cobb by any means. But it is a somewhat different version of his story that is the “conventional wisdom.”
Baseball at the turn of the 20th through the dead ball era was a different game to say the least. The book has some terrific stories of that game.
Worth a read.
Cobb lived for years in Atherton and his daughter, Shirley, owned an excellent bookstore in Menlo Park.
The book is not an “exoneration” of Cobb by any means. But it is a somewhat different version of his story that is the “conventional wisdom.”
Baseball at the turn of the 20th through the dead ball era was a different game to say the least. The book has some terrific stories of that game.
Worth a read.
Cobb lived for years in Atherton and his daughter, Shirley, owned an excellent bookstore in Menlo Park.