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The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
by Leigh Montville
He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam. [A] thoroughly original, definitively ambitious, and exhilaratingly colorful biography of the largest legend ever to loom in baseball.
"[A] quite remarkable effort to paint a portrait, warts and all, of a larger-than-life character." - Library Journal.
"Energetically written, but lacking in any revelations" - Kirkus.
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