The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth (51 page)

Final appearance (2). This picture was taken by Nat Fein and won a Pulitzer Prize. It is one of the most famous photographs in American sport.

Mourners of all ages passed the Babe’s coffin as he lay in state for two days at Yankee Stadium.

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Copyright © 2006 by Leigh Montville

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Montville, Leigh.

The Big Bam : the life and times of Babe Ruth / Leigh Montville.—1st ed.

   p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Ruth, Babe, 1895–1948. 2. Baseball players—United States—Biography. I. Title.

GV865.R8M56 2006
796.357092—dc22
[B]

2006042522

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