THE RYAN EXPRESS: NOLAN RYAN’S JOURNEY TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY BY AWARD-WINNING CULTURAL HISTORIAN BOB BATCHELOR, TO BE PUBLISHED SUMMER 2025
New book by cultural historian and biographer Bob Batchelor on baseball legend Nolan Ryan
Cultural historian and biographer, author of Stan Lee: A Life and The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius Bob Batchelor’s THE RYAN EXPRESS: NOLAN RYAN'S JOURNEY TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY.
Signing the contract!
Deep dive into the extraordinary life and times of Nolan Ryan, the iconic Hall of Fame pitcher and strikeout king.
Award-winning author and historian Bob Batchelor
This meticulously researched and entertaining written biography explores the remarkable career of the pitcher whose name is synonymous with the fastball. His blazing speed enabled him to strike out more batters than any player ever, a record that will never be eclipsed, just as his seven no-hitters will live on in immortality, to Christen Karniski at Rowman & Littlefield, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2025.
The intensity of the great Nolan Ryan, a true American success story and hero to millions
Bob Batchelor Bio
A 3-time winner of the Independent Press Book Award, cultural historian Bob Batchelor has been hailed as “one of the greatest non-fiction writers and storytellers” by New York Times bestselling biographer Brian Jay Jones. His books examine modern popular culture icons, events, and topics, from comic books and music to literary figures and history’s outlaws.
By day, Bob is a diversity, equity, and inclusion advocate and ally at The Diversity Movement (a Workplace Options company) a Raleigh DEI consultancy. By night, he is the author of 14 books, editor of 19 books, and has been published in a dozen languages. He is best known as biographer of Marvel icon Stan Lee, having written 3 books on him and numerous essays and chapters, one on Spider-Man appearing in Time magazine.
An interdisciplinary writer, Bob has published books on Jim Morrison and the Doors, Bob Dylan, The Great Gatsby, Mad Men, and John Updike, among others. He wrote an award-winning illustrated history of Rookwood Pottery, the revolutionary company that became one of the great art potteries in the world, and The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius, a rollicking tale of the infamous bootleg baron, as widely known in the Roaring Twenties as Warren G. Harding and Babe Ruth.
Bob’s work has appeared or been featured in the New York Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, Los Angeles Times, PopMatters, C-SPAN BookTV, and Time. He created the podcast “John Updike: American Writer, American Life” and “Tales of the Bourbon King: The Life and True Crimes of George Remus.” He has appeared as an on-air commentator for The National Geographic Channel, PBS NewsHour, PBS, the BBC, and NPR. Bob hosted “TriState True Crime” on WCPO’s Cincy Lifestyle television show.
Bob earned his doctorate in American Literature from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in History from Kent State University after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at universities in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as well as Vienna, Austria. Bob and his wife, antiques and vintage expert Suzette Percival live in North Carolina and have two wonderful teenage daughters.