Audiobook Download Information
- Edition:
- Abridged (Random House Audio)
- Length:
- 6 hours, 8 minutes
- File Size:
- 168 MB (95 files)
- Published:
- May 2006
1 credit required (what's this?)
Upgrade and Get This Audiobook Today!Requires eMusic Download Manager
Review by Tobias Carroll, eMusic
The story of how one man changed the game of baseball.
Leigh Montville's The Big Bam doesn't impart an increased knowledge of its subject, George Herman Ruth, as much as analyze him as a phenomenon, a figure who altered how the game was played and how athletes interacted with the general public. Present are the requisite legendary feats — namely Ruth's prodigious home run totals — along with attempts to rectify the disparate accounts of those events. Montville acknowledges from the outset that elements of Ruth's life are undocumented or unknowable, either via lost memories or a vanished paper trail. While first and foremost the chronicle of a complex life, The Big Bam's more fascinating aspects come in the details Montville returns to: the changes in gameplay between the beginning and ending of Ruth's career and the ability of an athlete to make a living from their chosen sport. Adam Grupper's excited tone and booming voice suit the larger-than-life exploits of the book's subject.
Leigh Montville's The Big Bam doesn't impart an increased knowledge of its subject, George Herman Ruth, as much as analyze him as a phenomenon, a figure who altered how the game was played and how athletes interacted with the general public. Present are the requisite legendary feats — namely Ruth's prodigious home run totals — along with attempts to rectify the disparate accounts of those events. Montville acknowledges from the outset that elements of Ruth's life are undocumented or unknowable, either via lost memories or a vanished paper trail. While first and foremost the chronicle of a complex life, The Big Bam's more fascinating aspects come in the details Montville returns to: the changes in gameplay between the beginning and ending of Ruth's career and the ability of an athlete to make a living from their chosen sport. Adam Grupper's excited tone and booming voice suit the larger-than-life exploits of the book's subject.
© 2008 Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.