false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177714977m/728204.jpg 728204 1 Not long before his death, Ty Cobb, as complex and haunted a human being as ever stepped onto a diamond, tapped a young writer named Al Stump to collaborate with him on his autobiography. The result, <I>My Life in Baseball: The True Record</I>, never came close to reaching first base; with Cobb (holder of the game's highest lifetime batting average and lowest lifetime reputation) calling the signals, it was an antiseptic whitewash, as false as its titular claim would have you believe otherwise. Hidden between the lines was the living hell that Cobb--reclusive, bitter, ravaged with cancer, in great pain, and shunned by the baseball community--put Stump through to make sure his demon-filled story was properly sanitized.<p> Some 30 years later, Stump brilliantly wrought his revenge with the best tool a writer can wield: absolute honesty. In <I>Cobb</I>, he rectifies his earlier cover-up and paints an unforgettable portrait of an unforgettable character: The Georgia Peach--pits and all. Not only does Stump painstakingly assemble the disparate pieces of Cobb's tangled personality and storied career, he also recounts in scrupulous detail the literal wild ride that comprised his months in the company of the dying baseball legend. It is, from its opening inscription ("To get along with me," Cobb told Stump, "don't increase my tension"), a tour de force, as good a sports biography as exists, and an altogether riveting telling of a riveting life. <I>--Jeff Silverman</I> 714406 3 1 1996 Cobb: A Biography total:121|5:50|4:51|3:16|2:3|1:1| 121 509 155 26 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 14:09:09 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 14:12:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 07 15:51:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:22:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 16:54:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 19:09:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 06:13:46 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:22:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 13:17:11 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:55:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Mar 15 05:54:47 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:15:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Oct 29 12:20:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:31:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:46:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:48:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 08 11:34:40 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 12:58:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 00:03:43 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 00:04:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 14 13:46:23 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 20 22:53:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 27 18:49:58 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 19:00:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Wed Jun 20 08:04:37 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 08:08:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:01:40 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:47:03 -0800 2009 3/4 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 15 14:07:58 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 14:52:50 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Sep 09 20:47:54 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 20:49:47 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 20:48:55 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 20:49:52 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 16 16:44:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 16:46:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1907 Fri Nov 09 09:39:04 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 09:40:10 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Thu Mar 13 08:00:40 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 08:00:40 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=728204