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Hardcore Truth
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781770903821
Umbreit-Nr.: 4926331
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 220 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 09.05.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- Ty Cobb is considered to be the greatest baseball player of all time. He had a reputation as the fiercest competitor of them all, but he realised that the qualities that made him successful also undermined his relationship with his children. Herschel Cobb's father was abusive, and his mother an adulterous alcoholic. After his father died, Herschel he began to spend a portion of each summer with his grandfather Ty. Heart of a Tiger is Herschel's moving account of how Ty Cobb seized a second chance at having a close family and finally to peace with himself.
- Kurztext
- The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of ';a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon' (Booklist). Ty Cobb's grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb's infamously cold, competitive natureand his relationship with his own children was deeply difficultCobb, in his later years, embraced the opportunity to form a loving bond with his grandchildren during their summertime visits. In this moving memoir, Herschel Cobb reveals how his grandfather, after the devastating loss of two sons, shared his gentler side with Herschel and his siblings. Herschel's own parents, a cruel, abusive father and an adulterous, alcoholic mother, filled his childhood with turmoil. But ';Granddaddy' offered the stability, love, and guidance that Herschel desperately needed. ';Elegantly written and genuinely moving,' this story of their relationship presents a unique perspective on this larger-than-life man (Publishers Weekly). ';An unforgettable story... that will alter how you feel about baseball's most demonized star.' Tom Stanton, author of Ty and the Babe