Babe
The Legend Comes to Life

This is thought of as the definitive biography of Babe Ruth’s. A little too much “box score” baseball in places, but overall a really good biography and very well-written. I knew that Ruth played for the Red Sox before he became a Yankee icon, but I always thought the Sox had traded him away not know......more

True to its title, this book brought Babe Ruth to life for me. Before this book, the Babe was merely a caricature based upon stories and legends. George Herman Ruth consumed expensive cars, cigars, massive quantities of food and liquor, and countless loose women. He was loud, controversial, argument......more

Athletes usually win fame through their talents in their field of competition, and some of them are successful enough to become celebrities in their sport. Yet only a select few transcend that identification to become national icons. Among the first, and perhaps the most legendary of those who did s......more

This was the definitive biography when I read it in the early 1990s and I don't know of any book that has overtaken it. On this my second time through it the story is still compelling as Creamer's account is a straight chronological tale of cradle to grave without the psychology or fashionable analy......more

Comprehensive biography, just about understand enough about baseball to follow, was disappointed because I did not feel he came to life enough - very descriptive of his life but lacked any real analysis......more