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A Season in the Sun
The Rise of Mickey Mantle
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By Johnny Smith
Read by Pete Larkin
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- Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
- ebook $17.99 $21.99 CAD
- Hardcover $28.00 $36.50 CAD
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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.
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- On Sale
- Mar 27, 2018
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- ISBN-13
- 9781478999942
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