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“Candid, compassionate…the best of the Mantle biographies.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“With storytelling bravado and fresh research…[in] Leavy’s hands, the life of Mantle no longer defies logic. She hits a long home run.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A masterpiece of sports biography.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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| Atlantic City, 1983 | Commerce, OK | April 17, 1953 |
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| My weekend with The Mick changed my life and was the catalyst for this book. | A tour of Mantle’s home town | Mantle hit what has come to be known as baseball’s first Tape Measure home run |
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| A Tour of the Yankee Stadium Area |
The Opening of Mickey’s Restaurant |
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| The author returns to the Stadium to visit the landmarks of childhood |
Mickey Mantle’s, the restaurant on Central Park So., opened in Feb. 1988 |
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| The Kinetic Mick |
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| There may have been only one Mickey Mantle, but he was two very different hitters, right-handed and left-handed. |
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