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Joe DiMaggio A Biography
David Jones
ISBN: 0-313-33022-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33022-3
192 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Discount Price: $15.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Immortalized in song and story, Joe DiMaggio is one of baseball's most accomplished players—and also one of its most enigmatic stars. DiMaggio's life is often seen as embodying the American Dream. The son of Sicilian immigrants, he rose from an unexceptional childhood in San Francisco to stardom on the national pastime's greatest stage—Yankee Stadium. As a player, DiMaggio fought off injuries and earned a reputation for unyielding excellence, exemplified by his Major-League-record 56-game hitting streak. DiMaggio's celebrity and sense of style and grace transcended the game, and his brief marriage to America's sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, remains the stuff of legends. But Joltin' Joe struggled with the attention and scrutiny that came with fame, and he became increasingly reclusive in later life. In this concise biography, David Jones offers a complex new look at the man who was once voted baseball's greatest living player.

It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history, written by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a timeline, bibliography, and index. In addition, each volume includes a Making of a Legend chapter that analyses the evolution of the player's fame and (in some cases) infamy.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    Chronology of Dimaggio's Life and Career
    Introduction
    Origins, 1914-1932
    With the Seals, 1933-1935
    The Promise Fulfilled, 1936
    Triumphs and Tribulations, 1937-1938
    The Best Player in Baseball, 1939-1940
    We Want Him on Our Side, 1941-1942
    Out at Home, 1943-1945
    Coming Back, 1946-1947
    "His Bat Spells Bingo," 1948-1949
    End of the Line, 1950-1951
    Marilyn, 1952-1962
    Legacies, 1962-1999
    DiMaggio: Image, Perception, and the Literature
    Appendix: Joe DiMaggio's Career and World Series Statistics
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: DAVID JONES is Library Specialist at Sage College and the author of numerous articles in official Major League Baseball publications.
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