Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the parallel lives of baseball's golden age
by Allen Barra
"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and 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 of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience"--
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Baseball players, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General, Biography, SPORTS & RECREATION, General, Baseball, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Sports, History, Mantle, mickey, 1931-1995, Mays, willie, 1931-, Baseball, biography, Joueurs de base-ball, BiographiesPlaces
United States| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
2014, Crown Publishing Group
in English
030771649X 9780307716491
|
zzzz
|
|
2
Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
2013, Crown Publishing Group, The
in English
1299558100 9781299558106
|
zzzz
|
3
Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the parallel lives of baseball's golden age
2013, Crown Archetype
in English
0307716481 9780307716484
|
aaaa
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
- Library of Congress MARC record
- Internet Archive item record
- marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
- Library of Congress MARC record
- Internet Archive item record
- Internet Archive item record
- marc_columbia MARC record
- Better World Books record
- Harvard University record
- Harvard University record
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
| July 26, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| October 10, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| February 28, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
| July 18, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| April 18, 2012 | Created by LC Bot | import new book |