Allen Barra
Author
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels—and lifelong friendship—between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations...
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in "Dago Hill," the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees, the only team to win five consecutive World Series, to the travails of the '64 pennant race, through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner. Features one hundred photos and countless "Yogi-isms."
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
426 PAGES. $25.00. ON OCTOBER 26, 1881, WYATT EARP ALONG WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS AND DOC HOLLIDAY SHOT IT OUT WITH A GANG OF CATTLE RUSTLERS NEAR THE O.K. CORRAL IN TOMSTONE, ARIZONA. IT WAS OVER IN HALF A MINUTE, BUT THOSE 30 VIOLENT SECONDS MADE THE 33 YEAR OLD WYATT EARP THE STUFF OF LEGEND. DN