5 Top biography books like Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man by Marino Amoruso

Cover of Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man by Marino Amoruso

Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man

By: Marino Amoruso

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Uses interviews with teammates and fellow players to depict the career of the star Dodgers first ba…

If you liked the biography plot in Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man by Marino Amoruso , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Egan's A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them book and Marino Amoruso's Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man

"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • biography
Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

3. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
Cover of Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin

4. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

By: Luke Epplin

4.48

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
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5. Son of Havana: A Baseball Journey from Cuba to the Big Leagues and Back

By: Luis Tiant

4.30

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The improbable story of Luis Tiant―a living link to the earliest days of Fidel Castro’s regime, a B… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
Cover of The Captain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thurman Munson by Ron Blomberg

6. The Captain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thurman Munson

By: Ron Blomberg

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The deeply personal story of a friendship between two teammates, and of a human bond which ultimate… read more

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  • baseball
Cover of Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man by Marino Amoruso

7. Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man

By: Marino Amoruso

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Uses interviews with teammates and fellow players to depict the career of the star Dodgers first ba… read more

Similar categories in Marino Amoruso's Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man book and Marino Amoruso's Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man

  • baseball
  • biography

5 best-selling baseball books like Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man by Marino Amoruso

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4.56

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4.48

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4.30

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Rich Cohen

3.44

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Dan Epstein

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