The Last Boy Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leavy Jane, Jane Leavy
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.10.2011
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Sport > Sport di palla; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780060883539
• ISBN: 978-0-06-088353-9
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 20.3 x 2.9 cm
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