A relentless competitor, Roger Hornsby--arguably the finest right-handed hitter in baseball's history--was supremely successful on the baseball field but, in many ways, a failure off it. Alexander turns his skilled eye to this complex individual, weaving the stories of his personal and professional life with a lively history of the sport/5(16). A relentless competitor, Rogers Hornsby--arguably the finest right-handed hitter in baseball's history--was supremely successful on the baseball field but, in many ways, a failure off it. In this biography, Charles Alexander turns his skilled eye to this complex individual, weaving the stories of his personal and professional life with a lively history of the sport. xiv, pages, [16] pages of plates: 24 cm. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Bookplateleaf User Interaction Count:
Rogers Hornsby () was the greatest right-handed hitter in baseball history. With a single-minded dedication to baseball, Hornsby was the National League's answer to Babe Ruth in the s. A tough, hard-bitten competitor who excelled at hitting, he achieved the highest single-season batting average in modern National League history ) and is second only to Ty Cobb in career. A relentless competitor, Rogers Hornsby—arguably the finest right-handed hitter in baseball's history—was supremely successful on the baseball field but, in many ways, a failure off it. In this biography, Charles Alexander turns his skilled eye to this complex individual, weaving the stories of his personal and professional life with a. Rogers Hornsby: a biography Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Rogers Hornsby: a biography by Alexander, Charles C. Biography: general, Historical - U.S., Sports - Baseball, Biography Autobiography / General, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Hornsby, Rogers, , Baseball.
Rogers Hornsby: a biography Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Rogers Hornsby: a biography by Alexander, Charles C. Publication date Topics. Dr. Charles Alexander, professor of History and Baseball at the Ohio University at Athens for many years, has written a very good book about the life and times of Baseball Hall-of-famer Rogers Hornsby. Dr. Alexander's biography of Rogers Hornsby is balanced,interesting and nuanced. Hornsby was arguably one of the 15 greatest baseball players to ever play the game. Publisher Description. A relentless competitor, Rogers Hornsby--arguably the finest right-handed hitter in baseball's history--was supremely successful on the baseball field but, in many ways, a failure off it. In this biography, Charles Alexander turns his skilled eye to this complex individual, weaving the stories of his personal and professional life with a lively history of the sport.
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