Rick B. (bup) - , reviewed on 12/9/2010 + 166 more book reviews

Ribowsky's written a great story of the compelling life of a guy who should be about 15 times as famous as he is. Although the author imputes motives to various peoples' actions that would require mind-reading to know, he did a good job of winnowing out the baseball facts about Josh Gibson from the baseball myths about Josh Gibson. Gibson's tragic yet accomplished life make great subject matter.

There should by rights be many biographies on Gibson, but at least the one I know of is good. It's a must-read for anyone interested in baseball history.

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