<p>As a boy in the 1890s he went looking for thrills in a rural Georgia that still burned with the humiliation of the Civil War. As an old man in the 1960s he dared death picked fights refused to take his medicine and drove off all his friends and admirers. He went to his deathbed alone clutching a loaded pistol and a bag containing millions of dollars’ worth of cash and securities. During the years in between he was according to Al Stump “the most shrewd inventive lurid detested mysterious and superb of all baseball players.” He was Ty Cobb.</p> <p>Al Stump has redefined America's perception of one of its most famous sports heroes with this gripping look at Ty Cobb a man who walked the line between greatness and psychosis. Based on Stump's interviews with Cobb while ghostwriting the Hall of Famer's 1961 autobiography this account of Cobb's life and times reveals both the darkness and the brilliance of the “Georgia Peach”.</p>
