Joe DiMaggio [electronic resource] : the long vigil / Jerome Charyn
- Author:
- Charyn, Jerome
- Published:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 170 p. ; 22 cm.
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- Contents:
- "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.
- Summary:
- 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.
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- ISBN:
- 9780300123289 (hc. : alk. paper)
0300123280 (hc. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.
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