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Joe DiMaggio A Biography
David Jones
Book Code: GR3022
ISBN: 0-313-33022-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33022-3
192 pages, photos; tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £18.95)
Discount Price: $22.37 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 30%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [T]he perfect length for those "read a biography of these many pages" projects that teachers perennially assign. It would also serve any researcher well as a starting point for a project....Librarians should consider purchasing titles in this series to beef up their biography collections in anticipation of those annual assignments.
    —VOYA     August 2005
  • A complex view of an American baseball legend. Twelve chapters, each headed by a quote to set the tone, chronologically discuss DiMaggio's professional career and personal life from his roots as a son of Sicilian immigrants and one of nine children to his death in 1999. Jones describes the highs and lows of the "Yankee Clipper's" life and the people who influenced him in positive and negative ways....Supportive documentation presented in an honest manner gives readers a fair representation of the subject.
    —School Library Journal     May 2005
Description: Immortalized in song and story, Joe DiMaggio is one of baseball's most accomplished players--and also one of its most enigmatic stars. DiMaggio's life is often seen as embodying the American Dream. The son of Sicilian immigrants, he rose from an unexceptional childhood in San Francisco to stardom on the national pastime's greatest stage--Yankee Stadium. As a player, DiMaggio fought off injuries and earned a reputation for unyielding excellence, exemplified by his Major-League-record 56-game hitting streak. DiMaggio's celebrity and sense of style and grace transcended the game, and his brief marriage to America's sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, remains the stuff of legends. But "Joltin'Joe" struggled with the attention and scrutiny that came with fame, and he became increasingly reclusive in later life. In this concise biography, David Jones offers a complex new look at the man who was once voted baseball's greatest living player. It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history, written by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a timeline, bibliography, and index. In addition, each volume includes a "Making of a Legend" chapter that analyses the evolution of the player's fame and (in some cases) infamy.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology of Dimaggio's Life and Career
  • Introduction
  • Origins, 1914-1932
  • With the Seals, 1933-1935
  • The Promise Fulfilled, 1936
  • Triumphs and Tribulations, 1937-1938
  • The Best Player in Baseball, 1939-1940
  • We Want Him on Our Side, 1941-1942
  • Out at Home, 1943-1945
  • Coming Back, 1946-1947
  • "His Bat Spells Bingo," 1948-1949
  • End of the Line, 1950-1951
  • Marilyn, 1952-1962
  • Legacies, 1962-1999
  • DiMaggio: Image, Perception, and the Literature
  • Appendix: Joe DiMaggio's Career and World Series Statistics
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004053049
LCC Class: GV865
Dewey Class: 796
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