Amazon.com: Dimaggio: An Illustrated Life (9780802713117): Glenn Stout, Dick Johnson: Books

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

As Stout sums it up, Joe DiMaggio performed superbly the functions that a ballplayer must fulfill: hit with power, run, throw and field. Further, he was grace personified and invariably conducted himself with dignity. Born in California in 1914, the son of immigrants, he made his professional debut with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1932, drawing headlines the following year when he hit in 61 straight games. He joined the New York Yankees in 1936 and played until 1951, with two years out to serve in WWII; in his last 13 seasons, the Yankees won the pennant 10 times and DiMaggio established many World Series records. He is most famed, however, for his 56-game regular-season hitting streak (1941). If the text sounds like a panegyric, how could it be otherwise? Johnson is curator of the New England Sports Museum in Cambridge, Mass.; Stout is a freelance sportswriter.

From School Library Journal

YA--An excellent choice for YA collections. Although DiMaggio played long before any student of today was born, he has become an American icon. Biographical segments discuss the subject's life off the playing field, and essays are devoted to his impact on the game. Some of them were written by baseball historians or players themselves: Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Boswell, Mickey Mantle, Luke Salisbury, and Ted Williams. The numerous black-and-white photographs and large bold print will immediately catch readers' attention. The interesting writing style is succinct and to the point and can be understood by slower readers. An appendix contains every statistical figure one could possibly want or need. Both the bibliography and the index are extensive. A wise selection as a research tool or for recreational reading.

Fred Amico, R. E. Lee High School, Springfield, VA

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Glenn Stout is the author, editor or ghostwriter of nearly eighty books, including the groundbreaking Boston Globe bestseller Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year, bestsellers Red Sox Century and Yankees Century, and the critically acclaimed Nine Months at Ground Zero, The Best American Sports Writing, and Young Woman and The Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the Worldand his own award winning juvenile sports biography series - "Good Sports." Glenn is available to make author visits to schools, deliver lectures on the history of Fenway Park and make other speaking engagements.

Born in Ohio and a graduate of Bard College, Glenn is dual citizen of the United States and Canada and lives in Vermont with his family, two cats, one dog and one rabbit on Lake Champlain. Before becoming a writer Glenn did construction work, served as a security guard, a painter, and worked in libraries. Glenn invites his readers to his blog, to join his facebook page for The Best American Sports Writing, or to visit his website, glennstout.net. Educators interested in arranging an "author visit" to their school can find information on Glenn's Good Sports website www.goodsportsbyglennstout or query Glenn directly at basweditor@yahoo.com.

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