The following reading selections consist of books that both inspired me and served as research to write The Legend of the Kid’s Bat, my debut self-published novel.
The books include the basis for the classic Robert Redford film and character Roy Hobbs, biographies on arguably the greatest natural hitter to play the game, a book on baseball told by Ted Williams, a classic early account of the Red Sox and Yankees rivalry and last but certainly not least are a few titles from the wonderful author Matt Christopher, who single handedly hooked me on reading as a kid after checking out one of his titles from the school library in the fifth grade.
These books are a few of my favorites on baseball and all relate to the game and its’ players in a time gone by and nearly forgotten from the game fans know today.
Reading List Selections:
- The Lucky Baseball Bat by Matt Christopher
- The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher
- Summer of ’49 by David Halberstam
- The Natural by Bernard Malamud
- Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville
- My Turn At Bat: The Story of My Life by Ted Williams
- The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr.
The Lucky Baseball Bat
by Matt Christopher
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers
by Matt Christopher
Summer of ’49
by David Halberstam
The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
by Leigh Montville
My Turn At Bat: The Story of My Life
by Ted Williams and John Underwood
The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
by Ben Bradlee Jr.
The single best biography on Ted Williams. If you read only one book about Teddy Ballgame let this be it.