Overview
"The acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax returns with the biography of one of baseball's greatest and most complex legends, Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle.Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents from every level of baseball, New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play the game.Meticulously reported and elegantly written, The Last Boy weaves together the author's own memories of Mantle with stories and reminiscences from on and off the field of a man who led the Yankees to seven world championships, was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player three times, won the Triple Crown in 1956, and dueled teammate Roger Maris in a thrilling 1961 chase for the single season home-run record--all while battling crippling injuries and a lifelong drinking problem.As she did so indelibly in her acclaimed biography of Sandy Koufax, Leavy goes beyond the myth and the hyperbole to to reveal the man behind ""The Mick"" and his hold on a generation of adoring fans."
Full Product Details
Author: Jane Leavy ,
Jane Leavy ,
John Bedford Lloyd
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 15.70cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9798200740901
Publication Date: 22 June 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post, is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, and the comic novel Squeeze Play. She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts. Jane Leavy, award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post, is author of the New York Times bestsellers Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, and the comic novel Squeeze Play. She lives in Washington, D.C. and Truro, Massachusetts. John Bedford Lloyd, a graduate of Yale's School of Drama, has appeared in a host of major motion pictures, including The Bourne Supremacy, Crossing Delancey, The Abyss, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia. His television credits include Suits, Pan Am, Law & Order, Spin City, and The West Wing. His critically-acclaimed audiobook narration includes reading for authors such as Michael Crichton, Nicholas Sparks, Paul Doiron, and Atul Gawande, among others.
