Review of Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood

Steven Elliott Tripp, Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Pp. xxii + 401. Photos, notes, select bibliography, and index. $29 paperback. Reviewed by Christopher R. Davis In the long and storied history of baseball, few individuals loom as large as Tyrus Raymond Cobb.  Popular since his early playing days,…