The Glory of Their Times - (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Lawrence S Ritter (Paperback)

About the Book

Great news for baseball fans--here is Lawrence Ritter's remarkable and universally hailed classic, now available in trade paperback. This is the enlarged edition, with 120 fantastic and rare photographs, of the 1966 original. In the words of 26 players, it describes what it was like to play major league baseball at the turn of the century and in the decades shortly thereafter.

Book Synopsis

"Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reissued in 10 years, it will be the best baseball book." -- People

From Lawrence Ritter, co-author of The Image of Their Greatness and The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time, comes one of the bestselling, most acclaimed sports books of all time--a landmark oral history of the game.

Baseball was different in the dead-ball era--tougher, more raw, 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. It is a book every baseball fan should read!

Go inside the dugout during baseball's golden age to hear the firsthand accounts of:

• Baseball History Comes Alive: Go beyond the stats and feel what the game was like when it was tougher, more raw, and more intimate, told by the men who were there.
• First-Person Accounts: Listen to the vibrant, unforgettable voices of legends and journeymen alike as they share their personal stories of victory and defeat from baseball's golden era.
• Stories of the Greats: Sit down with icons like Rube Marquard, Tommy Leach, and Sam Crawford, who share candid memories of playing with and against titans like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.
• A Timeless Sports Classic: Discover for yourself why this meticulously researched book is considered by many to be the single best book on baseball ever written.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"A very readable, enjoyable chronicle of the six or seven decades of the game that preceded what is often referred to as the modern era. It can easily be enjoyed by anyone who likes good writing, interesting characters and has just a passing knowledge of the game." - Pete Reynolds, The Chicago Star

"Almost perfect . . . a vivid, gentle, and humorous narrative, accompanied by marvelous photographs." - Roger Angell, The New Yorker

"Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"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, The New York Times Book Review

"Quite simply the best sports book in recent memory." - Wilfrid Sheed, The New York Times Book Review

"The Glory of Their Times will be around as long as baseball." - Nelson Algren

"The single best baseball book of all time." - Red Barber

"There's not a dull moment in the whole book." - The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer

"Warm, happy, exciting . . . It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed The Glory of Their Times. . . The day after I finished it I started reading it all over again." - Ted Williams

"This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reissued in 10 years, it will be the best baseball book." - People