| Authors: |
Kennedy, Kostya.
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| Material type: |
Biography |
| Subject: |
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
DiMaggio, Joe,1914-1999.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York, N.Y. : Sports Illustrated Books, c2011. |
| Description: |
367 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781603201773 1603201777 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index. |
| Contents: |
A single swing -- One day in May -- Perfect, imperfect -- The Italian -- Big brother -- America's voice -- A pair of Sox -- The loss -- The view from here : Thinking can be dangerous -- Like a bullet -- Seeing Rapid Robert -- Just that way -- The fight -- The view from here : Everybody needs a little luck -- Something inside -- Mrs. Joe -- Next to Lefty -- Not his alone -- The view from here : The way of all streaks -- The street -- An ornery offering -- Bedlam -- Now, Wee Willie -- Aglow -- The view from here : The challenger, Pete Rose -- American beauty -- Ascended -- They didn't know then -- Cleveland -- And the streak goes on forever -- The view from here : What are the odds? |
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| Summary: |
Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives. |