The last boy
Subtitle: Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood
By: Jane Leavy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780060883522
Subjects: Baseball players; Biography; New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Other titles: Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood
Description: Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-438), filmography (p. 436-437), and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: My weekend with The Mick; title: Innocence lost, Atlantic City, April 1983; title: March 26, 1951: The whole world opened up; title: October 5, 1951: When fates converge; title: October 23, 1951: Undermined; title: May 27, 1949: Patrimony; title: May 20, 1952: In the ground; title: April 17, 1953: One big day; title: November 2, 1953: Fish bait; title: September 26, 1954: No other time; title: A Round with the Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983; title: May 30, 1956: A body remembers; title: May 16, 1957: Returns of the day; title: August 14, 1960: Season under siege; title: Nightcap, Atlantic City, April 1983; title: September 25, 1961: Dr. Feelgood; title: May 18, 1962: His best self; title: June 5, 1963: The breaking point; title: September 26, 1968: Last licks; title: Dream on, Atlantic City, April 1983; title: June 8, 1969: Half-life of a star; title: December 19, 1985: 18 below in Fargo; title: February 5, 1988: Top of the heap; title: February 4, 1994: Getaway day; title: Riding with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983; title: August 13, 1995: The last boy; title: The kinetic Mick.