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My Life in Baseball: The True Record

by Ty Cobb, Al Stump · 1961

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"Highly successful in knitting together this story of the life of a most remarkable and dedicated player-perhaps the most spirited baseball player ever to have graced the diamond."-Library Journal. Introduction by Charles C. Alexander.

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adult
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medium · 315 pages

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