Sioux City’s Hersom is Excited for Big Fella
Terry Hersom, columnist at the Sioux City Journal, shares his thoughts on Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, and the brother who knew the Big Fella well.
Starred Review from Publishers Weekly
As Leavy points out, Ruth lived as hard as he played; he “imbibed whatever life had to offer.” Ruth’s accomplishments and his appetites for drink and women (he had several extramarital affairs) coincided with the rise of sports journalism and...The Big Fella is a Top 10 in Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly posted its list of the Top 10 Memoirs & Biographies coming in Fall 2018: This fall sees some striking memoirs by and biographies of movie and TV notables, big-name athletes, and important political figures: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:...Would the Babe Still Be a Star?
Award-winning sportswriter Jane Leavy tells Smithsonian Magazine that the Bambino would be as big a personality as he was in his own time.