Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 170 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300123280
,
0300172664
,
9780300123289
,
9780300172669
Series Statement:
Icons of America
Content:
Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport
Content:
"Our national exaggeration" -- The walloping wop -- Joltin' Joe and the ghost of Lou Gehrig -- "C'mon, Joe, talk to me" -- The wounded warrior -- The princess of Yankee Stadium -- Mr. Marilyn Monroe -- "Bigger than the Statue of Liberty" -- The greatest living ball player -- The biggest fan of them all -- Finale : an outfielder's sky
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Charyn, Jerome Joe DiMaggio New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography
URL:
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Author information:
Charyn, Jerome 1937-
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