Glory of Their Times : The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

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 Timesnow a Harper Perennial Modern Classic.Baseball was different in earlier daystougher, rawer, more intimatewhen giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classicThe 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.Originally published in 1966,The Glory of Their Timestells the stories of early 20th century baseball and is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books written about the sport. Now available as a Harper Perennial Modern Classic,The Glory of Their Timesis the book every baseball fan should read.