Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life
The Hero's Life
$71.64
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
17 October 2001
Summary
Joe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.
In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrant boy who made it big — and spurred the New York Yankees to a new era of dynasty. He was Broadway Joe, the icon of elegance, the man who wooed and won Marilyn Monroe — the most beautiful girl America could dream up.
Joe DiMaggio was a mirror of our best self. And he was also the loneliest hero we ever had.
In this groundbreaking biography, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684865478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684865475 |
| Author: | Richard Ben Cramer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 17 October 2001 |
| Weight: | 621g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 144mm x 214mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
Robert LipsyteThe New York TimesThe most absorbing and readable sports biography in recent memory.
Ken Garcia San Francisco Chronicle An often brilliant and deeply disturbing look into the rise of one of the country’s modern-day giants. Robert Lipsyte The New York Times The most absorbing and readable sports biography in recent memory. Ken Garcia San Francisco Chronicle An often brilliant and deeply disturbing look into the rise of one of the country’s modern-day giants. Daniel Okrent Time Absolutely persuasive…Cramer is an all-star reporter….DiMaggio is rendered so vividly you almost want to look away. Larry King USA Today An extraordinary biography…This work will go down as one of the most definitive stories of a life and its times, sports or otherwise….You will not be disappointed.
Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer (1950-2013) won the Pulitzer Prize for Middle East reporting in 1979. His journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of How Israel Lost: The Four Questions and the classic of modern American politics What It Takes: The Way to the White House.
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