The last icon
Subtitle: Tom Seaver and his times
By: Steven Travers
Publisher: Taylor Trade
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589796607; 9781589796614
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; Baseball players; Biography; SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
Description: "This book tells the complete, unvarnished story of the great Tom Seaver, that rarest of all American heroes, the New York Sports Icon. In a city that produces not mere mortals but sports gods, Seaver represented the last of a breed and he stayed at the top for twenty years. Here is Tom Terrific of the Amazin' Mets, worthy of a place alongside DiMaggio, Ruth, Mantle, and Namath in the pantheon of New York idols"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.