Mickey Mantle

by Castro, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781574885316
• ISBN10: 1574885316
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

More than any other athlete, Mickey Mantle was the American hero whose life personified the great expectations and unfulfilled dreams of the twentieth century. Hailed by Casey Stengel as the next Ruth and successor to DiMaggio, Mantle would become the first true sports icon of the television age. In Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son, former Sports Illustrated writer Tony Castro recounts a story of fathers and sons, rebels and heroes, and a youth's rite of passage. He interviewed over 250 of Mantle's friends, teammates, lovers, acquaintances, and drinking partners, producing an explosive biography of one of the world's most fascinating sports heroes and a telling look at the American society of his time. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Tony Castro is a former staff writer at Sports Illustrated and Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and his work has appeared in the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. With his wife and two sons, he lives in Beverly Hills, California

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. ix
Fathers and Sons	p. 3
Heroes and Rebels	p. 75
The Kingdom and the Power	p. 155
The Autumn of the Legend	p. 233
Epilogue	p. 281
Author's Note	p. 287
Acknowledgments	p. 294
Mickey Mantle's Hall of Fame Speech	p. 298
Bob Costas's Eulogy	p. 302
Mickey Mantle's Batting Statistics	p. 306
Bibliography	p. 335
Index	p. 337
About the Author	p. 344
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