The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

by Leavy, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780060883522
• ISBN10: 0060883529
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

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. color insert.

Table of Contents

Preface: My Weekend with The Mick	p. xi
Innocence Lost, Atlantic City, April 1983
March 26, 1951: The Whole World Opened Up	p. 7
October 5, 1951: When Fates Converge	p. 20
October 23, 1951: Undermined	p. 38
May 27, 1949: Patrimony	p. 49
May 20, 1952: In the Ground	p. 71
April 17, 1953: One Big Day	p. 83
November 2, 1953: Fish Bait	p. 103
September 26, 1954: No Other Time	p. 122
A Round with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983
May 30, 1956: A Body Remembers	p. 149
May 16, 1957: Returns of the Day	p. 163
August 14, 1960: Season Under Siege	p. 186
Nightcap, Atlantic City, April 1983
September 25, 1961: Dr. Feelgood*	p. 210
May 18, 1962: His Best Self	p. 233
June 5, 1963: The Breaking Point	p. 248
September 26, 1968: Last Licks	p. 264
Dream On, Atlantic City, April 1983
June 8, 1969: Half-life of a Star	p. 290
December 19, 1985: 18 Below in Fargo	p. 306
February 5, 1988: Top of the Heap	p. 327
February 4, 1994: Getaway Day	p. 339
Riding with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983
August 13, 1995: The Last Boy	p. 362
Epilogue	p. 385
Acknowledgments	p. 389
Interview List	p. 395
The Kinetic Mick	p. 405
Who's Better?	p. 417
Bibliography	p. 421
Index	p. 439
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