Ty Cobb

Few athletes have become as well known as Ty Cobb, the baseball star whose name still carries weight decades after his career ended. This biography sets his life against the backdrop of the era in which he played. Readers see how the sport looked and felt in those years, when the rules and style of play differed sharply from today's game.

Rather than settling for a simple portrait, the author examines the many contradictions in Cobb's character, offering a careful and thoughtful account of the man behind the legend.