Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood.
Tripp, Steven Elliott.
Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1 Becoming Ty Cobb -- 2 The Game -- 3 "The Professional Teach" -- 4 Honor -- 5 The Players' Ethic -- 6 Fans -- 7 "The Most Unpopular Popular Man in Baseball" -- 8 Cobb in the Age of Ruth -- 9 Protecting a Legacy -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
As the first baseball player to achieve real celebrity status, Ty Cobb embodies the strength and determination of classic masculinity. His grit and stubbornness, however, form a legacy that has been both lauded and condemned by America's own changing views of ideal masculine behavior.
9781442251922
Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--Social aspects.
Masculinity in sports.
Electronic books.
GV865.C6T75 2016
Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1 Becoming Ty Cobb -- 2 The Game -- 3 "The Professional Teach" -- 4 Honor -- 5 The Players' Ethic -- 6 Fans -- 7 "The Most Unpopular Popular Man in Baseball" -- 8 Cobb in the Age of Ruth -- 9 Protecting a Legacy -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
As the first baseball player to achieve real celebrity status, Ty Cobb embodies the strength and determination of classic masculinity. His grit and stubbornness, however, form a legacy that has been both lauded and condemned by America's own changing views of ideal masculine behavior.
9781442251922
Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--Social aspects.
Masculinity in sports.
Electronic books.
GV865.C6T75 2016