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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S Ritter
Paperback (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, April 6, 2010)Baseball was different in earlier days—tougher, rawer, more intimate—when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game.
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter, Fred Snodgrass, Sam Crawford, Hans Lobert, others, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Audible Audiobook (HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, Sept. 27, 2005)"Oh, the game was very different in my day from what it's like today. I don't mean just that the fences were further back and the ball was deader and things like that. I mean it was more fun to play ball then." - Davy JonesFirst published in 1966, The Glory of Their Times is a universally hailed classic. A loving look back at the way baseball used to be, and the legends who played the game--immortals like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and many others--it's a delightfully evocative work full of fascinating characters and wonderful anecdotes.This is also the story of author Lawrence S. Ritter's six year quest to find the heroes of a bygone era. He interviewed more than two dozen players from the turn of the century and the decades shortly thereafter, including many now in the Baseball Hall of Fame, then let them tell their own stories, in their own words. The scorecard includes Rube Marquard, Chief Meyers, Goose Goslin, Smoky Joe Wood, Wahoo Sam Crawford, and many more. This new audio compilation of the original interviews is great news for baseball fans and anyone who loves old-time tales of America's national pastime.
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter
eBook (Harper Perennial, July 2, 2013)Baseball was different in earlier days—tougher, rawer, more intimate—when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game.
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter, Various
Audio CD (HighBridge Audio, March 4, 2008)"Oh, the game was very different in my day from what it's like today. I don't mean just that the fences were further back and the ball was deader and things like that. I mean it was more fun to play ball then." - Davy JonesFirst published in 1966, The Glory of Their Times is a universally hailed classic. A loving look back at the way baseball used to be, and the legends who played the game--immortals like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and many others--it's a delightfully evocative work full of fascinating characters and wonderful anecdotes.This is also the story of author Lawrence S. Ritter's six year quest to find the heroes of a bygone era. He interviewed more than two dozen players from the turn of the century and the decades shortly thereafter, including many now in the Baseball Hall of Fame, then let them tell their own stories, in their own words. The scorecard includes Rube Marquard, Chief Meyers, Goose Goslin, Smoky Joe Wood, Wahoo Sam Crawford, and many more. This new audio compilation of the original interviews is great news for baseball fans and anyone who loves old-time tales of America's national pastime.
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter
Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Aug. 1, 1984)Autobiographical accounts of accomplished baseball players of the early twentieth century
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The Glory of Their Times;: The story of the early days of baseball told by the men who played it
Lawrence S Ritter
Hardcover (Macmillan, March 15, 1966)None
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GLORY OF THEIR TIMES, THE, The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter
Hardcover (The Macmillan Co., March 15, 1969)Baseball was different in earlier days-tougher, rawer, more intimate-when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game.
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The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter
Paperback (HarpPeren, March 19, 1992)“Almost perfect . . . a vivid, gentle, and humorous narrative, accompanied by marvelous photographs.” — Roger Angell, New Yorker “I could happily reread every summer for the rest of my life that greatest of all baseball books, The Glory of Their Times.” — Stephen Jay Gould, New York Times Book Review “Warm, happy, exciting . . . The day after I finished it I started reading it all over again.” — Ted Williams From Lawrence Ritter (The Image of Their Greatness, The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time), comes one of the bestselling, most acclaimed sports books of all time, The Glory of Their Times—now a Harper Perennial Modern Classic.
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THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES : The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
Lawrence S. Ritter, John K. Hutchens
Hardcover (The Macmillan Company, March 15, 1966)None
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Glory of Their Times: Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
Lawrence Ritter
Hardcover (MacMillan, March 15, 1966)None
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball, Told by the Men Who Played It
Lawrence Ritter
Paperback (Macmillan, March 15, 1970)Sports - Baseball
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The Glory of Their Times; The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played it
Lawrence S. Ritter
Paperback (Perennial, March 15, 2002)None