The last boy : Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood / Jane Leavy.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2010.Description: xxiv, 456 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0060883529
- 9780060883522
- Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Biography | Mantle, M. L439 | Available | 33111006455915 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-438), filmography (p. 436-437), and index.
Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.