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Smelser, Marshall

 
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Sinopsis

"Smelser demonstrates that a good historian can write good sports history and that good sports history makes good history. Of course Smelser had an ideal subject: Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. But the author made the most of his opportunity."-Eugene Murdock, American Historical Review

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Marshall Smelser was for many years on the history faculty of the University of Notre Dame. The author of The Winning of Independence (1973) and other books, he was also a musician and dedicated baseball scholar.

De la contraportada

This is the story of a man greatly praised by the people, and of what their joyous acclaim did to him. He was a paid performer in an organized amusement.

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9780812905403: The life that Ruth built: A biography

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ISBN 10:  0812905407 ISBN 13:  9780812905403
Editorial: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co, 1975
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