Rogers Hornsby
A Biography

Name: Rogers Hornsby
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles C. Alexander
ISBN: 9781481598446

Author: Charles C. Alexander

Narrator: Ian Esmo

Unabridged: 11 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 06/22/2010

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Sports Biography

Synopsis

In the 1920s Rogers Hornsby was the National League's foremost star, its biggest since Honus Wagner-and its principal answer to the American League's Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. He was a seven-time National League batting champion, and his 1924 average remains the major-league high for this century. From his Texas childhood until his death in 1962, Hornsby lived his entire life in the world of baseball, building a legend through his remarkable involvement in every phase of the sport. His career as a player, manager, and instructor was spectacular in its unpredictability, and the story of his life chronicles the golden age of baseball.

About Charles C. Alexander

Charles C. Alexander, formerly a distinguished professor of history at Ohio University, is the author of a number of books, including Our Game: An American Baseball History and the celebrated biographies Ty Cobb and John McGraw.

About Ian Esmo

Ian Esmo is an audiobook narrator who specializes in athlete and sports biographies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

The other reviewers on the whole have it right, Hornsby comes across as a single-minded jerk, thinking only of baseball. Well, that's not exactly correct. As many reviewers note, he also enjoys betting on the horses. But I also noted another interest that is repeatedly mentioned throughout the book......more

Goodreads review by Zach

As a big fan of baseball history, especially the pre-1920s era, I was excited to find this biography of baseball legend Rogers Hornsby and expected to learn ever more about the man and the period in which he played/lived. Well, I did learn quite a bit in terms of rote knowledge, but unfortunately fi......more

Goodreads review by Fred

It's hard to write a full biography about a man who did nothing but play baseball and who no one really liked. Hornsby was one of the great hitters of all time. Between 1924-1929 he had some of the best hitting seasons in the history of the game. But he was completely focused on baseball all his lif......more

Goodreads review by Fred

I listened to this via audiobook, and I'm not sure if it was the writing or the reading, or a combination of both, but it didn't really grab me at all. I could have walked away from it at any point and not felt like I missed it. Hornsby never seems to change, from first days to last, and I'm not sur......more

Goodreads review by Allison

This definitely was biased toward the negative side of his life. Would have liked to learn more about his accomplishments and journey through life.......more

Quotes

“[An] absorbing biography of…the man once heralded as ‘baseball’s greatest right-handed hitter.’” Sports Illustrated

“The long-overdue study of one of baseball’s most important and most enigmatic figures…Anyone seriously interested in the history of baseball…will want to add this soundly researched and very readable volume to his library.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“[Esmo’s] reading is flawless.” Booklist