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Subtitle: Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports
By: Kostya Kennedy
Publisher: Sports Illustrated Books; Time Inc. Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781603201773
Subjects: Baseball players; Biography; New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Other titles: Fifty-six; Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports
Description: Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: A single swing; title: One day in May; title: Perfect, imperfect; title: The Italian; title: Big brother; title: America's voice; title: A pair of Sox; title: The loss; title: The view from here : Thinking can be dangerous; title: Like a bullet; title: Seeing Rapid Robert; title: Just that way; title: The fight; title: To view from here : Everybody needs a little luck; title: Something inside; title: Mrs. Joe; title: Next to Lefty; title: Not his alone; title: The view from here : The way of all streaks; title: The street; title: An ornery offering; title: Bedlam; title: Now, Wee Willie; title: Aglow; title: The view from here : The challenger, Pete Rose; title: American beauty; title: Ascended; title: They didn't know then; title: Cleveland; title: And the streak goes on forever; title: The view from here : What are the odds?