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I just finished Crazy '08 by Cait Murphy (great read in my opinion) so I am in need of a new baseball book to read!
I am wanting to pick up one of the Cobb biographies but not sure which one to get. Right now I am leaning towards War On The Basepaths by Tim Hornbaker (I have read a few of his previous books and really like his work). I would love to get your opinions on which of the Cobb biographies is the best? Thanks for your input! Scott |
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I haven't read WOTB, but I did just finish A Terrible Beauty, and really enjoyed it. It's definitely written with a certain slant - a repudiation of Stump and a rehabilitation of Cobb - but it's a very good read. It had a lot of very good insight, and includes some interesting research that shows that many of the horror stories about Cobb cannot have been true. It was a good mix of biography and baseball storytelling.
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Not really a biography, but I have a copy of Ty & the Babe if you would like to borrow it.
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You need to read our own Hank Thomas's biography of his grandfather, Walter Johnson- Very well written!!!
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I think Charles Alexander does a pretty fair job with all his subjects.
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I agree with Dan.
A Terrible Beauty. No Stump, no Alexander. I read them both they're more or less identical to each other and didn't keep my attention as much as A Terrible Beauty did.
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