From his desperately poor boyhood in Oklahoma to adulation at the pinnacle of the world of sport, Mickey Mantle achieved greatness and earned the love and respect of three generations. Now, in a dozen personal interviews conducted with the author, Mantle goes behind the sports pages to tell his own story of his illustrious life and career. Over 200 photos. 8-page color insert.
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The ingenuous country boy who became one of the most popular Yankee players of all time, Mantle is arguably the best switch-hitter who ever played the game. His 536 career home runs place him eighth on the all-time list. The story of his meteoric rise from the minors to the majors, his eagerness to play even when badly injured and his legendary carouses with teammates Billy Martin and Whitey Ford has been told many times, but not in so prolifically illustrated a format as this sanitized biography by the author of The Joe DiMaggio Story. The book contains more than 200 photos, some in color, many of them fine action shots. Fans of the player who left Commerce, Okla., to become the darling of the Big Apple won't want to miss it. Mantle died in 1995, following a liver transplant operation. 35,000 first printing; author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The sports world needs a definitive photo book about Mantle. This isn't it. The photos are very poor reproductions of familiar images found clearly reproduced in other books. Here, they look like 50th generation copies. I returned the book without reading it but noticed that a sequence of Mantle's great catch in Larson's perfect game is described as a catch against Boston! Schoor, a quality writer, should be ashamed of allowing his name to put on this disaster. Charging $36 for this work is a crime.
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