Breaking Babe Ruth : Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Sports and American Culture
ISBN-10
0826223478
ISBN-13
9780826223470
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Imprint
University of Missouri Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2025
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
454 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Labour economicsTrade unionsHistory of sportBaseball
Ksh 4,400.00
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Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball’s draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth’s immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the Babe, frustrated and struggling with injuries and illness, grew more acquiescent, but the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember Babe Ruth to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue.
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