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Donald Honig crossed the united states to meet and interview former big-league ball players. They distributed their thoughts with him and the effect is a book packed with nostalgia, information, action, revelations - a fantastic oral background of football in the halcyon times beween both world wars. Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove, Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Dizzy Dean, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, and many more are taken to life through the recollections of Wes Ferrell, Charlie Gehringer, Elbie Fletcher, Bucky Waters, Billy Herman, Cool Papa Bell, Spud Chandler, Pete Reiser, and a bunch of others. Those were the times when the lawn was real, incomes were moderate, Bob Feller was America's most famous 17-year-old, and idealism was completely swing. "Baseball develops your delight," said pitcher Wes Ferrell, who performed it to be able "to be a much better guy".