JOE DIMAGGIO THE HERO'S LIFE

CRAMER, RICHARD BEN. (Dimaggio, Joe About)

ISBN 10: 0684853914 / ISBN 13: 9780684853918

Published by Simon & Schuster, NY, 2000

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VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S24.95) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT; Gold titles on DARK GREY spine strip.LITE GREY hardcovers. BACK COVER DJ SHOWS JD HITTING HOME RUN.inner flap 3x3" phto of author. ; 546+pg THICK pages; . SAN FRANCISCO.NEW YORK YANKEES AMERICAN LEAGUE DREAM. Biography.life of the Yankee Clipper, covering his thirteen-year baseball career, including his fifty-six game hitting streak, and his relationships with his teammates, family, and his ex-wife, Marilyn Monroe. examines in the process the influence of the media and the nature of celebrity in American society.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JOE DIMAGGIO THE HERO'S LIFE
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684853914
• ISBN 13: 9780684853918
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Glossy Photo Sections
• Edition: 1st Edition,2p; 3579108642pt line.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A revealing and comprehensive chronicle of the complex, inspiring, and sometimes tragic life of one of the century's great sports stars examines in the process the influence of the media and the nature of celebrity in American society. 150,000 first printing. First serial, Newsweek. BOMC Feat Alt. QPB Alt.

About the Author

Richard Ben Cramer won the Pulitzer Prize for Middle East reporting in 1979. His journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of the bestselling Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life and the classic of modern American politics, What It Takes: The Way to the White House. He lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore.