A season in the sun: the rise of Mickey Mantle

✍ Scribed by Mantle, Mickey;Roberts, Randy;Smith, John Matthew

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the SunA Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.;Introduction: The Blue-Eyed Boy -- A father's dream -- The commerce comet -- The natural -- The great American game -- "Match That!" -- The Boy has come of Age -- The Gods -- "I Love Mickey" -- The best in the game -- Bums and aristocrats -- Epilogue: The last snapshot.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: The Blue-Eyed Boy --
A father's dream --
The commerce comet --
The natural --
The great American game --
"Match That!" --
The Boy has come of Age --
The Gods --
"I Love Mickey" --
The best in the game --
Bums and aristocrats --
Epilogue: The last snapshot.

✦ Subjects

Baseball players;Baseball players--United States;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Sports;GAMES--Gambling--Sports;SPORTS & RECREATION--Business Aspects;SPORTS & RECREATION--Essays;SPORTS & RECREATION--History;SPORTS & RECREATION--Reference;TRAVEL--Special Interest--Sports;History;Biography;Electronic books;Biographies;Mantle, Mickey, -- 1931-1995;New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History;New York Yankees (Baseball team);Baseball players -- United States -- Biography;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sport