Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville

by Mark R. Millikin

Overview

The story of one of baseball's most ferocious hitters, Jimmie Foxx. The most inclusive biography of Foxx to date, Millikin's book provides a complete picture of his subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810856851
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/21/2005
Series:	American Sports History Series , #11
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Mark R. Millikin received his B.S. from the University of Maryland and a M.S. from the College of Charleston (South Carolina). He has written articles on Jimmie Foxx and other major league players for the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, and is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research.

Editorial Reviews

Thanks to Mark Millikin, baseball fans can now enjoy a comprehensive biography of Jimmie Foxx...Millikin has written perhaps the most detailed account of Foxx's life to date.

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture - William Kashatus

[Jimmie Foxx] had neither a business agent nor a showboat personality. He is nonetheless by now the subject of at least four books; Millikin's is the most sensitive and thorough.

Baltimore Sun

Mark Millikin has prepared the definitive work on Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx...does an excellent job...Jimmie Foxx: The Pride of Sudlersville is a well-written and quite interesting account of one of baseball's most intimidating powerhitters.

World-Wide Collectors Digest

Though other histories of this astounding player exist, Mark Millikin's biography benefits from many privileges not enjoyed by the other books...contains a great deal more information on Jimmie Foxx's early life and childhood...this most inclusive biography of Jimmie Foxx to date finally brings this wealth of untapped anecdotal information to the surface.

Vintage and Classic Baseball Collector

Before Mark McGwire, the strongest slugger of them all might have been Jimmie Foxx...features previously unpublished material based on interviews with the Foxx family.

USA Today Baseball Weekly

...the author has done an effective job of illustrating the extent to which Foxx proved one of baseball's consummate hitters of all time, and not just a home run slugger... a good baseball book.

Journal of Sport History

I want to congratulate and thank Mark Millikin and the Scarecrow Press, for writing and publishing this fine tribute to a great and honorable man.

Elden L. Auker

Millikin contacted classmates, cousins, and friends of Foxx and interviewed six close family members and over thirty teammates to provide richness and depth to this biography of the first man to challenge Ruth's single-season home run record.

The SABR Bookshelf

As someone who knew Jimmie Foxx during his career with the Philadelphia Athletics, I found the book to be one of the most factual accounts of his life. In addition I would like to thank Mr. Millikin for his extensive research and numerous personal interviews which lead to the creation of such an enjoyable and informative read of one of baseball's greatest players.

Albert Ruggieri

Millikin contacted classmates, cousins, and friends of Foxx and interviewed six close family members and over thirty teammates to provide richness and depth to this biography of the first man to challenge Ruth's single-season home run record.

SABR: Society for American Baseball Research

Millikin contacted classmates, cousins, and friends of Foxx and interviewed six close family members and over thirty teammates to provide richness and depth to this biography of the first man to challenge Ruth's single-season home run record.

Sabr Bulletin

Thanks to Mark Millikin, baseball fans can now enjoy a comprehensive biography of Jimmie Foxx...Millikin has written perhaps the most detailed account of Foxx's life to date.
— William Kashatus

Nine

...the author has done an effective job of illustrating the extent to which Foxx proved one of baseball's consummate hitters of all time, and not just a home run slugger... a good baseball book.

Journal Of Sport History

Before Mark McGwire, the strongest slugger of them all might have been Jimmie Foxx...features previously unpublished material based on interviews with the Foxx family.

Usa Today Baseball Weekly

A complete biography of Foxx (1907-67), who rose from a small Maryland town to become a power hitter in the major leagues, nipping Babe Ruth's heels in 1932 for most single-season home runs. Emphasizes more of his early life and game than other studies, and draws on interviews with family members, classmates, cousins, friends, and fellow players. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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