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Ken Burns 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. Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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. Nathan Corzine, author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball A Season in the Sun is the best book on Mickey Mantle that I've read by some margin. It succeeds in answering the three big questions: how he became an icon, why 1956 was so important, and especially how the mythologizing of Mantle can only be understood in the context of the 1950s. 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. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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. Kirkus Reviews A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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. Nathan Corzine, author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball A Season in the Sun is the best book on Mickey Mantle that I've read by some margin. It succeeds in answering the three big questions: how he became an icon, why 1956 was so important, and especially how the mythologizing of Mantle can only be understood in the context of the 1950s. 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. John Thorn, official historian, Major League Baseball Sex, booze, and an epic home-run race with a ghost: 1956 was a raucous year in baseball, richly recounted here. The homespun heroism of a young Mickey Mantle has endured, even if it was, as authors Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith detail, crafted for the credulous. A Season in the Sun is a shimmering snow globe of a game and a time gone by. Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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. -- Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. Kirkus Reviews A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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.

From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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 of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron A Season in the Sun is 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 of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball 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 Sun is a shimmering snow globe of a game and a time gone by. --John Thorn, official historian, Major League Baseball I loved A 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 of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero This is a rich, detailed exploration of the Mantle legend. --Publishers Weekly A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. --Kirkus Reviews 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. --Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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 Ken Burns 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. Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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. Nathan Corzine, author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball A Season in the Sun is the best book on Mickey Mantle that I've read by some margin. It succeeds in answering the three big questions: how he became an icon, why 1956 was so important, and especially how the mythologizing of Mantle can only be understood in the context of the 1950s. 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. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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. Kirkus Reviews A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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. Nathan Corzine, author of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball A Season in the Sun is the best book on Mickey Mantle that I've read by some margin. It succeeds in answering the three big questions: how he became an icon, why 1956 was so important, and especially how the mythologizing of Mantle can only be understood in the context of the 1950s. 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. John Thorn, official historian, Major League Baseball Sex, booze, and an epic home-run race with a ghost: 1956 was a raucous year in baseball, richly recounted here. The homespun heroism of a young Mickey Mantle has endured, even if it was, as authors Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith detail, crafted for the credulous. A Season in the Sun is a shimmering snow globe of a game and a time gone by. Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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. -- Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. Kirkus Reviews A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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 of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero I loved A 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.

This is a rich, detailed exploration of the Mantle legend. --Publishers Weekly 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 Sun is a shimmering snow globe of a game and a time gone by. --John Thorn, official historian, Major League Baseball, - 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 Sun vividly illuminates the Mickey Mantle of 1956, when he was at his very best. --Bob Costas, NBC Sports 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, - I loved A 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 of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero Highly recommended for fans of sports, Americana, and those seeking an informative historical read. --Library Journal, starred review From the title to its protagonist, A Season in the Sun is 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 of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron 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 A brisk account of a career and a culture that presages much of our current-day obsession with celebrity. --Kirkus Reviews [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 Sun is 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 Sun paints 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 Season in the Sun is 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 of Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball

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Randy Roberts is 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 Sun is the second book he has written with Johnny Smith. Roberts lives in Lafayette, Indiana. Johnny Smith is 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 of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X (with Randy Roberts) and the author of The Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball. Smith lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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