The Glory of Their Times : The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
Author(s): Lawrence S. Ritter
“Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer
“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.” — People
From Lawrence Ritter (The Image of Their Greatness, The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time), comes one of the bestselling, most acclaimed sports books of all time, The Glory of Their Times—now a Harper Perennial Modern Classic.
Baseball was different in earlier days—tougher, more raw, more intimate—when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game. It is a book every baseball fan should read!
Review(s):
“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.”
“Almost perfect . . . a vivid, gentle, and humorous narrative, accompanied by marvelous photographs.”
“I could happily reread every summer for the rest of my life that greatest of all baseball books, The Glory of Their Times.”
”Quite simply the best sports book in recent memory.”
“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.”
“Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone.”
“The Glory of Their Times will be around as long as baseball.”
"The single best baseball book of all time."
"There's not a dull moment in the whole book."
"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."
ISBN: 9780061994715