The Last Boy

by LEAVY JANE

• ISBN13: 9780060883539
• ISBN10: 0060883537
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, Leavy delivers the definitive account of Mantle's life, mining the mythology of The Mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with a damaged soul. 496 pp.

Author Biography

Jane Leavy is an award-winning former sports writer and feature writer for the Washington Post. She is the author of Sandy Koufax and the comic novel Squeeze Play, called "the best novel ever written about baseball" by Entertainment Weekly. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface: My Weekend with The Mick	p. xi
Innocence Lost, Atlantic City, April 1983	p. 1
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. 72
April 17, 1953: One Big Day	p. 84
November 2, 1953: Fish Bait	p. 104
September 26, 1954: No Other Time	p. 124
A Round with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983	p. 141
May 30, 1956: A Body Remembers	p. 151
May 16, 1957: Returns of the Day	p. 166
August 14, 1960: Season Under Siege	p. 190
Nightcap, Atlantic City, April 1983	p. 211
September 25, 1961: Dr. Feelgood*	p. 216
May 18,1962: His Best Self	p. 239
June 5, 1963: The Breaking Point	p. 254
September 26, 1968: Last Licks	p. 270
Dream On, Atlantic City, April 1983	p. 291
June 8, 1969: Half-life of a Star	p. 296
December 19, 1985: 18 Below in Fargo	p. 313
February 5, 1988: Top of the Heap	p. 335
February 4, 1994: Getaway Day	p. 347
Riding with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983	p. 365
August 13, 1995: The Last Boy	p. 372
Epilogue	p. 395
Acknowledgments	p. 399
Interview List	p. 407
The Kinetic Mick	p. 417
Who's Better?	p. 429
Bibliography	p. 433
Index	p. 451
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