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Old 04-27-2013, 02:22 PM
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The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter
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Old 04-27-2013, 03:00 PM
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Anything by Robert Creamer and Charles Alexander is going to be well-written and and interesting. Personally, I love Bill Veeck's books.

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I just read a bio on Lefty Gomez written by his daughter. Full of surprising information. It was a Kindle purchase.
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These are all great recommendations,..I am sure I will be adding these to my library shortly, thanks everyone!!!!!!!!
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Not baseball, but a friend of mine has told me I needed to get the following book. Said it was really good:

http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World...ion/1400064163

Basically its about Louie Zamperini who grew up in the 20's, competed in the 1936 Olympics, was in WWII where his plane went down and, "On a May afternoon in 1943, Louie took off on a search mission for a lost plane. Somewhere over the Pacific, the engines on his bomber failed. The plane plummeted into the sea, leaving Louie and two other men stranded on a tiny raft. Drifting for weeks and thousands of miles, they endured starvation and desperate thirst, sharks that leapt aboard the raft, trying to drag them off, a machine-gun attack from a Japanese bomber, and a typhoon with waves some forty feet high. At last, they spotted an island. As they rowed toward it, unbeknownst to them, a Japanese military boat was lurking nearby. Louie’s journey had only just begun."

Anyways, not baseball, but somewhat sports related and from what I've been told by others, a great story about a veteran..
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Unbroken is a must read. Especially for the younger generation.
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Unbroken is a must read. Especially for the younger generation.
Absolutely!!! One of those books that you stay awake 2-3 extra hours every night because you can't put it down.

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The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter
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I believe that this is the best book on early baseball ever written, period!
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Ron Keurajian's Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs book is a must for all collectors of Hall of Fame autographs. Amazon is where I got mine.

I also loved Glory of Their Times.
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Ron Keurajian's Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs book is a must for all collectors of Hall of Fame autographs. Amazon is where I got mine.

I also loved Glory of Their Times.
I echo Richard's thoughts on Ron's book, it is incredible!!!
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