Montville, Leigh.

Summary: Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For 85 years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century more than once. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? Why is so little known about his childhood, his private life, and his inner thoughts? Based on newly discovered documents and interviews--including pages from Ruth's personal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006

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Montville, Leigh.

Summary: John Montague was a boisterous enigma. He had a bagful of golf tricks, on and off the course. He could knock a bird off a wire from 170 yards, and when the big man arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, he quickly became a celebrity among celebrities. He played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes to Babe Ruth and his close friend Bing Crosby, whom he famously beat with only a rake, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008

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Montville, Leigh.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993

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Montville, Leigh.

Summary: A biography of the NASCAR legend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2001

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Montville, Leigh.

Summary: A portrait of the legendary slugger draws on interviews, recently discovered documents, and Ruth's personal scrapbooks to trace his life from his childhood in an orphanage to his rise to the heights of major league baseball.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006

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Montville, Leigh.

Summary: From a "New York Times" --bestselling author comes the riveting new biography that pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon-- and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011

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