"Smelser demonstrates that a good historian can write good sports history and that good sports history makes good history. Of course Smelser had an ideal subject: Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. But the author made the most of his opportunity."-Eugene Murdock, American Historical Review
A biography of George Herman Ruth or Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. It presents a comprehensive, and interpretive account of one of America's greatest popular heroes.
