books by Al Stump (affair record true)

books by Al Stump

books:

My Life in Baseball: The True Record

17 reviews
Ty Cobb, Al Stump

Bison Books, 1993

Fascinating introspection
It is well-known that Cobb used this autobiography as a means to shape his public image in a manner consistent in which he viewed himself, a noble honorable gentleman of the wrongfully subjugated South striving to be the greatest ballplayer ever. He takes liberties with the truth frequently attempting to justify his behavior from a victim's position, wrongfully accused and persecuted. On the ...

Cobb: A Biography

35 reviews
Al Stump

Algonquin Books, 1996

A product of his time, and place......
Those who saw the movie "Cobb" know that it centers on the last year and a half of Ty Cobb's life, when he hired sportswriter Al Stump to help him write an autobiography [though Cobb was a highly literate man, who really didn't need a ghostwriter]. Ty Cobb was dying, and knew it; cancer and diabetes were about finished with him, and he wanted to tell his story while he could. This is Al Stump's ...

Cobb
Al Stump

Blackstone Audiobooks, 1997

The Ferguson Affair
Al Stump, 1960

Bill, a Cal. lawyer takes the case of a nurse accused of theft over the protests of his very pregnant wife since the trail is deeply shadowed with violence.