Dimaggio: Setting the Record Straight

Engelberg, Morris; Schneider, Marv

ISBN 10: 0760314829 / ISBN 13: 9780760314821

Published by Motorbooks Intl, St. Paul, MN, 2003

About this Item

SIGNED and inscribed by author Schreider to previous owner on title page. Minor shelfwear, pages clean, binding sound. Seller Inventory # 001205

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dimaggio: Setting the Record Straight

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl, St. Paul, MN

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis:

Describes the 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.

From the Inside Flap:

Much has been written about the great Joe DiMaggio, both fact and fiction. As the man who knew DiMaggio best, his longtime friend, attorney, and business manager Morris Engelberg felt it was time to set the record straight. With additional research and interviews by co-author Marv Schneider, a veteran sportswriter for the Associated Press, DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight offers an intimate and honest view of a cherished American figure.

Joe DiMaggio was one of the most recognizable athletes of the twentieth century, yet he was also an intensely private man who kept his cards close to his chest. Only a small number of people were privy to Joltin’ Joe’s hopes, fears, and dreams, his intimate moments. Over the last sixteen years of DiMaggio’s life, Engelberg was a near-constant companion. He was with him until the very end, there at Joe’s side to hear the great ballplayer’s dying words.

In this engaging new book, Engelberg provides a rare glimpse into DiMaggio’s relationship with his estranged son and reveals DiMaggio’s feelings about Marilyn Monroe, the Kennedys, politics, and fellow ballplayers. It is a story of deep friendship, of unquestioned loyalty by a middle-aged man exhibiting a boyish devotion to a graying American idol.