The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

Lawrence S. Ritter
4.38
5,661 ratings 448 reviews
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text and all the photographs that were in the original book, published in 1966, plus for the first time the first-person stories of four additional major-league players - George Gibson, Babe Herman, Specs Toporcer, and Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg.
Genres: BaseballSportsHistoryNonfictionBiographyAudiobookAmerican HistoryMemoirBiography MemoirAmerican
360 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
3282 (58%)
4 star
1541 (27%)
3 star
624 (11%)
2 star
139 (2%)
1 star
75 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Lawrence S. Ritter

Lists with this book

Moneyball
Ball Four
The Boys of Summer
Best Baseball Books
745 books651 voters
Moneyball
Friday Night Lights
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Top reads for sports fans
954 books767 voters
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
The Boys of Summer
Shoeless Joe
Moneyball
Ball Four
The Art of Fielding
Baseball Books to Love
269 books126 voters