USA Today: 5 Books You Don’t Want to Miss
5. “The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created” by Jane Leavy (Harper, nonfiction, on sale Oct. 16) What it’s about: With the World Series just a week away, the time seems right for a bio of the Babe, arguably the game’s biggest star...The Big Fella Reviewed in WSJ, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune
Boston Globe, “23 hot picks for cool fall books” Leavy follows up her outstanding biography of Mickey Mantle with another winner, this time about the most important baseball player of all time. The author covers all aspects of Ruth’s massive life,...The Big Fella on Vulture’s Best New Books
New Books You Should Read This October Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible. See his picks from last month and next month. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, by Jane...‘The Big Fella’ is not just another bio of Babe Ruth
In the News & Observer Is there anything new to learn about Babe Ruth? Countless books have been written about him, probably more than the number of home runs he sent soaring above American League fences. For almost a century, Ruth has been the subject of endless...Read an Exclusive Excerpt for The Big Fella at SI.com
“How Babe Ruth Became the Model for the Modern Celebrity Athlete.” This story appears in the Oct. 8, 2018, issue of Sports Illustrated.