Decatur Resident and “The House that Ruth Built” Author at Decatur Library Tonight
Decatur Metro | April 18, 2011
From the Georgia Center for the Book…
We help to celebrate the 2011 major league baseball season by welcoming a Decatur-based author with a wonderful new book for all fans of the game: ”The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923.” It’s a dazzling look back at the 1923 New York Yankees, the team that opened Yankee stadium and won the first of the Bronx Bombers’ 27 world titles. The centerpiece of this true story is the mighty Babe Ruth, soon to become the game’s greatest slugger, and the Yankees’ World Series win over their bitter rivals, John McGraw’s New York Giants. Weintraub is a lively writer, and his story is fresh and entertaining whether you’re a long-time baseball fan or just intrigued by the story of the Yankes and the Babe. We’ll have books for sale and signing, so come on out to the ’ol ball park with us!
WABE did a nice interview with Weintraub that aired this morning. You can listen to it here!
UPDATE: Patch’s article on Weintraub reports that much of the book was written at Dancing Goats in downtown Decatur.
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The whole week’s line-up at Georgia Center for the Book looks great. http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/all.php
What a gem this program is! And all right here in Decatur.
And free!
You’re right! Wow!
Nice PR for Rob, and well deserved. I’m halfway through and enjoying the story and the forgotten history (even though I despise the dreaded Yanks.)
If you’re a fan of the game, or the yanks, or NYC, or of history generally, go tonight and challenge him with questions – He’s going to know the answers.