The Babe Ruth Story, by Babe Ruth and Bob Considine, was the first baseball book to make the prestigious NY Times‘ Bestseller List (July 4, 1948), debuting at #15.
Read the original review, which appeared 0n May 2, 1948 together with Walter Johnson, King of the Pitchers, by Roger L. Treat; Jackie Robinson: My Own Story, by Jackie Robinson as told to Wendell Smith; and The Dodgers: An Illustrated Story of Those Unpredictable Bums, the Brooklyn Baseball Club, by John Durant.
Each was originally available for $3 or less.
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