Babe: The Legend Comes to Life

Robert Creamer

Simon & Schuster, Apr 15, 1992 - Sports & Recreation - 448 pages

"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." -- Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero.

In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports legend. From Ruth's early days in a Baltimore orphanage, to the glory days with the Yankees, to his later years, Creamer has drawn a classic portrait of an American original.

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User Review  - Jim Swike - Goodreads

Great research on the Babe, great read.

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User Review  - Scotty tooHotty - Goodreads

Babe was everything to baseball and sports. This is one of the best biographies ever written. A reader doesn't have to love baseball to enjoy the stories of the sultan of swat. Not only did he live ...

About the author

Robert W. Creamer is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been a member of that magazine's staff since its inception in 1954. He is also the author of Stengel and Baseball in '41.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Babe: The Legend Comes to Life; A Fireside sports classic; Simon & Schuster sports classic
• Author: Robert Creamer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1992
• ISBN: 067176070X, 9780671760700
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Sports & Recreation / History