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Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star (Sports and American Culture)

Edmund F. Wehrle

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Description: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 him to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star (Sports and American Culture). To get started finding Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star (Sports and American Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 him to this day. This new perspective, approaching Ruth more seriously and placing his life in fuller context, is long overdue.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star (Sports and American Culture). To get started finding Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star (Sports and American Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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