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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684853914
ISBN-139780684853918
eBay Product ID (ePID)966700
Product Key Features
Book TitleJoe DiMaggio : the Hero's Life
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBaseball / General, Sports
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRichard Ben Cramer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight32.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-049232
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal796.357/092 B
SynopsisA groundbreaking, breathtaking biography of one of the Century's great icons, the late Joe Dimaggio, from the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author of the bestseller WHAT IT TAKES. Few celebrities have captivated the sport's world for as long, or with such depth, as Joe DiMaggio. Here, for the first time, is the definitive story of his life, as told by the award-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer. In Cramer's hands, DiMaggio's complicated life, from the first game with the Yankees in the 1930's, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and his rise to hero status, becomes a story of the media, the invention of a national celebrity in America, and the ways in which fame can both build and destroy. Using his renowned investigative skills, Cramer has uncovered startling, even shocking, information about DiMaggio's life and presents them with his trademark combination of 'jarring, unsentimental prose' (THE NEW YORK TIMES).
LC Classification NumberGV865.D5C73 2000
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- 29. Jan. 2016
A Masterly Told Tale of Two Stories
Whether you care about sports, sports heroes, baseball, baseball heroes, or movie star celebrities (Marilyn), this book is a blockbuster for anyone who appreciates good writing.! Richard Ben Cramer has created a refreshing and definitely original masterpiece of something that is more than a biography. Like Robert Cramer's STENGEL, this book is about the life AND TIMES of Joe DiMaggio. Cramer's Pulitzer Prize winning background in journalism allows him to report such a rich setting of people and events in Joe's time that the contrast makes Joe's story all the more vivid. What impressed me most about his writing was that he gives you completely objective reports about both the positive and negative aspects of the Joe DiMaggio story, but then, he ALSO gives you his completely honest and subjective feelings and opinions about the same. And it works beautifully. And there is so much about the life of Marilyn Monroe in this book, that it is almost two bios, rather than just one. I'm looking forward to a reread.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 24. Mär. 2020
JOE DIMAGGIO THE HEROES LIFE
non-fictional biography-nice to know about baseball heroes history decades ago.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
