Reviews for Honus Wagner A Biography

The average rating for Honus Wagner A Biography based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-05 00:00:00 Dru Siskin Simply put a great book on a terrific athlete. This book centers (obviously) on the baseball life of Honus Wagner with bit parts to his personal life including business, marriage, and all other personal things that occur in life. His personal life was largely not explored nor discussed and that is OK because one gets enough of the personal life within these pages. Honus was a decent man, great ball player, and was loved and respected by those who knew him. He really was a spend thrift; something most people from our current modern age could take a lesson from.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-12-20 00:00:00 Dror Birnbaum While the book was interesting at times, I felt like there was too much unnecessary detail. I am not even sure if it followed a strict timeline because I sometimes got lost in the dates with the jumping around. The historical information from the time was interesting and to listen to how different the professional ball players were back then is both educational and sometimes comical. Having to hurry home from the coal mine to make it to the ball game and vice versa. An aspect that was difficult for me in the book, though I am not certain it can be avoided or even done differently, is all of the names. So many names were included that I had not idea of their significance. Hard spot to be in here, because of course these guys would all want their name included in the stories that involve them, but many were one time mentions with very little background that it seemed to distract from the book for me. I felt at times as if I would have to read a whole book on each of the names included here and piece all of the individual stories together and interpret the relationships that way. I am a huge baseball fan and would love to own a Honus Wagner baseball card, so the appeal to learn more about this all star was strong. I would say this book stopped short of disappointing me for spending the time listening. Again, some interesting parts and segments, but much too long and too detailed for me. Is it possible to be too detailed? I guess what I mean is that it was hard to interpret the importance of the details that were included at times.