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Ty Cobb: Two Biographies--Our Ty: Ty Cobb's Life Story (1924) and Which Was Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth? (1951) Paperback - 2012

by H. G. Salsinger; Gary Mitchem (Editor)


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As sports editor for the Detroit News, H.G. Salsinger reported on Tigers great Ty Cobb for 18 seasons, beginning in 1909 when the outfielder won his only Triple Crown. He would go on to write about Cobb's career for decades after. This volume presents for the first time together Salsinger's two books on the Hall of Famer. Part One offers the first authorized biography, Our Ty (1924), while Part Two provides the writer's take on what, more than 25 years later, had become a familiar question, Which Was Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth? (1951). Salsinger's close personal relationship with Cobb yields insights into the legend's complex personality, illuminating and sometimes dispelling myths that have risen in the literature since Cobb's death in 1961.

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  • Title Ty Cobb: Two Biographies--Our Ty: Ty Cobb's Life Story (1924) and Which Was Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth? (1951)
  • Author H. G. Salsinger; Gary Mitchem (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786465460 / 0786465468
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (20.07 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, Cobb, Ty
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012012941
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

William R. Cobb, a retired engineer and business executive, is the author or editor of several books on baseball history. A member of the board of advisors of the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, Georgia, he lives in Marietta, Georgia.
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