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Author: Lawrence S. Ritter
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Edition: Enlarged ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9780061994715
ISBN 10: 0061994715
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 06 April 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Almost perfect . . . a vivid, gentle, and humorous narrative, accompanied by marvelous photographs. -- Roger Angell, The New Yorker Quite simply the best sports book in recent memory. -- Wilfrid Sheed, The New York Times Book Review The Glory of Their Times will be around as long as baseball. -- Nelson Algren I could happily reread every summer for the rest of my life that greatest of all baseball books, The Glory of Their Times. -- Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Times Book Review Warm, happy, exciting . . . It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed The Glory of Their Times. . . The day after I finished it I started reading it all over again. -- Ted Williams Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer There's not a dull moment in the whole book. -- The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer . . . It is a very readable, enjoyable chronicle of the six or seven decades of the game that preceded what is often referred to as the modern era. It can easily be enjoyed by anyone who likes good writing, interesting characters and has just a passing knowledge of the game. -- Pete Reynolds, The Chicago Star The single best baseball book of all time. -- Red Barber
. . . It is a very readable, enjoyable chronicle of the six or seven decades of the game that preceded what is often referred to as the modern era. It can easily be enjoyed by anyone who likes good writing, interesting characters and has just a passing knowledge of the game.--Pete Reynolds, The Chicago Star Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone. --Cleveland Plain Dealer The Glory of Their Times will be around as long as baseball. --Nelson Algren This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reissued in 10 years, it will be the best baseball book of 1995. --People Warm, happy, exciting . . . It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book as much as I enjoyed The Glory of Their Times. . . The day after I finished it I started reading it all over again. --Ted Williams The single best baseball book of all time.--Red Barber There's not a dull moment in the whole book.--The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer I could happily reread every summer for the rest of my life that greatest of all baseball books, The Glory of Their Times. --Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Times Book Review Quite simply the best sports book in recent memory. --Wilfrid Sheed, The New York Times Book Review
Author Information
Lawrence S. Ritter (1922-2004) was chairman of the Department of Finance at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University. He collaborated with fellow baseball historian Donald Honig on The Image of Their Greatness and The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time but is best known for The Glory of Their Times, one of the most famous sports books ever published.
