A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle
Autor Randy Roberts, Johnny Smithen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 mar 2018
Johnny Smithis the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology and an Associate Professor of History at Georgia Tech. He is the co-author ofBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X(with Randy Roberts) and the author ofThe Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball. Smith lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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ISBN-13: 9780465094424
ISBN-10: 0465094422
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465094422
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Randy
Robertsis
distinguished
professor
of
history
at
Purdue
University.
An
award-winning
author,
he
focuses
on
the
intersection
of
popular
and
political
culture,
and
has
written
or
co-written
biographies
of
such
iconic
athletes
and
celebrities
as
Jack
Johnson,
Jack
Dempsey,
Joe
Louis,
Bear
Bryant,
Oscar
Robertson,
John
Wayne
and
Muhammad
Ali,
as
well
as
books
on
the
Vietnam
War,
the
Alamo,
the
1973-1974
college
basketball
season,
and
West
Point
football
during
World
War
II.A
Season
in
the
Sunis
the
second
book
he
has
written
with
Johnny
Smith.
Roberts
lives
in
Lafayette,
Indiana.
Johnny Smithis the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology and an Assistant Professor of History at Georgia Tech. He is the co-author ofBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X(with Randy Roberts) and the author ofThe Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and theDynasty That Changed College Basketball. Smith lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Johnny Smithis the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology and an Assistant Professor of History at Georgia Tech. He is the co-author ofBlood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X(with Randy Roberts) and the author ofThe Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and theDynasty That Changed College Basketball. Smith lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Recenzii
"Anyone
who
loves
the
sport
will
find
hours
of
undiluted
joy
in
one
of
the
best
books
on
baseball--or
any
other
sport--that
I
have
encountered."—Washington
Times
"It is not hard to believe that if Mickey Mantle had been healthy and took better care of his body, he would probably be remembered as the best baseball player ever. This excellent book proves why."—Ken Burns
"[Roberts and Smith] masterfully spin a narrative that places Mantle and his trials as a microcosm of America during the evolving decade...A Season in the Sunis a must-read for not just any baseball fan, but anyone interested in the peculiarities of postwar American culture."—Off the Bench
"A Season In The Sunpaints the picture of about what New York, America, and baseball was like in the 1950s, a treasure trove of information that is a must read for Yankee fans and admirers of Number 7."—Brooklyn Digest
"Highly recommended for fans of sports, Americana, and those seeking an informative historical read."—~i~>Library Journal, starred review span
"This is a rich,detailed exploration of the Mantle legend." —Publishers Weekly
"From the title to its protagonist,A Season in the Sunis baseball: thrilling, heroic, enduring. Mickey Mantle and his times return to us flawed yet still fabulous. Even 60 years later, some stories are so good, they never get old."—Howard Bryant,author ofThe Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
"It is not hard to believe that if Mickey Mantle had been healthy and took better care of his body, he would probably be remembered as the best baseball player ever. This excellent book proves why."—Ken Burns
"Mickey
Mantle
was
a
genuinely
great
baseball
player.
But
at
his
very
best,
he
was
among
the
greatest
of
the
great.A
Season
in
the
Sunvividly
illuminates
the
Mickey
Mantle
of
1956,
when
he
was
at
his
very
best."
—Bob
Costas,NBC
Sports"[Roberts and Smith] masterfully spin a narrative that places Mantle and his trials as a microcosm of America during the evolving decade...A Season in the Sunis a must-read for not just any baseball fan, but anyone interested in the peculiarities of postwar American culture."—Off the Bench
"A Season In The Sunpaints the picture of about what New York, America, and baseball was like in the 1950s, a treasure trove of information that is a must read for Yankee fans and admirers of Number 7."—Brooklyn Digest
"A
brisk
account
of
a
career
and
a
culture
that
presages
much
of
our
current-day
obsession
with
celebrity."
—Kirkus
Reviews"Highly recommended for fans of sports, Americana, and those seeking an informative historical read."—~i~>Library Journal, starred review span
"This is a rich,detailed exploration of the Mantle legend." —Publishers Weekly
"I
lovedA
Season
in
the
Sun.
This
compelling
book
on
Mickey
Mantle
at
his
greatest
and
most
vulnerable
illuminates
history
and
shatters
myths
at
the
same
time."
—David
Maraniss,author
ofClemente:
The
Passion
and
Grace
of
Baseball's
Last
Hero"Sex,
booze,
and
an
epic
home-run
race
with
a
ghost:
1956
was
a
raucous
year
in
baseball,
richly
recounted
here....A
Season
in
the
Sunis
a
shimmering
snow
globe
of
a
game
and
a
time
gone
by."
—John
Thorn,
official
historian,
Major
League
Baseball"A
Season
in
the
Sunis
the
best
book
on
Mickey
Mantle
that
I've
read
by
some
margin....
Randy
Roberts
and
Johnny
Smith
stitch
together
not
only
a
damn
good
baseball
story--I
found
the
game-by-game
arc
very
compelling--but
also
link
Mantle
to
his
times
in
a
way
that
really
makes
the
book
stand
out.
It's
informative,
thoughtful,
and
without
being
hokey
or
hagiographic,
it
is
almost
a
love
letter
to
a
lost
and
often
misunderstood
period
of
baseball
history."
—Nathan
Corzine,author
ofTeam
Chemistry:
The
History
of
Drugs
and
Alcohol
in
Major
League
Baseball"From the title to its protagonist,A Season in the Sunis baseball: thrilling, heroic, enduring. Mickey Mantle and his times return to us flawed yet still fabulous. Even 60 years later, some stories are so good, they never get old."—Howard Bryant,author ofThe Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron