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A season in the sun : the rise of Mickey Mantle / Randy Roberts & Johnny Smith.

by Roberts, Randy, 1951-

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Basic Books, 2018.

796.357092 M292r

Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995.

New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

9780465094424 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Rise of Mickey Mantle

xx, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The blue-eyed boy -- A father's dream -- The commerce comet -- The natural -- The great American game -- "Match that!" -- The boy has come of age -- The gods -- "I Love Mickey" -- The best in the game -- Aristocrats and bums -- Epilogue: The last snapshot.

"The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle's off-the-field exploits, Roberts and Smith depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon, A Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s."--From publisher.

Smith, John Matthew.

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