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Tyrus by Patrick Creevy (2002, Hardcover) First Edition
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- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780765300140
- Book Title
- Tyrus
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Suspense, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in a nearly unanimous vote. Highest lifetime batting average in baseball. Highest lifetime number of runs scored. Second highest lifetime number of hits. The run of statistics goes on, making it clear that Ty Cobb was baseball's greatest overall player. But before Ty Cobb was a legend, he was a young man trying to escape from his famous father's lengthy shadow. William H. Cobb, former state senator, renowned educator, champion of the Southern cause in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a gentleman and a scholar. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, his oldest son, was to carry on the proud Cobb family traditions, as explained by Ty Cobb: The honorable and honest Cobb blood . . . never will be subjected. It bows to no wrong nor to any man . . . . The Cobbs have their ideals, and God help anyone who strives to bend a Cobb away from such. Unfortunately for W.H., Ty's greatest desire was to play baseball-a trivial game that would bring him into contact with low people. Yet the father could not deny that the son's passion for his chosen profession burned hot, reflecting the very strength of will that was the hallmark of Cobb men. After much struggle, W.H. blessed his son and encouraged him to continue playing ball. The reconciliation nearly came too late, for soon after, W. H. Cobb was shot twice at close range-murdered-by his wife of more than twenty years. Ty was nineteen years old. The grief-stricken boy burned with rage as rumors circulated through the small Georgia town--rumors that his mother had been having an affair and that his father had caught her in the act. With his father newly buried and his mother awaiting trial, Ty Cobbwas summoned to Detroit to play for the Tigers. Tyrus is a fictional account of this time in young Cobb's life-that pivotal half-season when Ty had to prove his value on the field or forever lose any chance of playing professional ball. Subjected to a rookie hazing that would have destroyed a lesser man, Cobb carried his battle with his teammates from the clubhouse onto the field and emerged bloodied but unbowed. The sights and sounds of cut throat baseball are brilliantly evoked-a type of baseball that Cobb said was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. This thoroughly researched novel is a deft psychological portrait of a young man at a time of turmoil and transition. Patrick Creevy, whose earlier novel was praised as intense and full of] poetic yearning and literary allusion (Kirkus Reviews), takes a unique literary look at the man dubbed the Meanest Man in Baseball as he left boyhood behind and began the baseball journey that made him a legend.
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Publisher
Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co
ISBN-10
0765300141
ISBN-13
9780765300140
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1822919
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tyrus
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Thrillers / Suspense, Literary
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.R353t97 2002
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the stages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb. This great athlete seems to have understood from early in his professional career that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory."--General Douglas MacArthur "Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."--Babe Ruth "Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day."--Branch Rickey
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2002-022801
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