Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil /
Charyn, Jerome.
Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil / Jerome Charyn. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011. - xv, 170 p. ; 22 cm. - Icons of America . - Icons of America. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.
'Our national exaggeration' -- The walloping wop -- Joltin' Joe and the ghost of Lou Gehrig --'C'mon, Joe, talk to me' -- The wounded warrior -- The princess of Yankee Stadium -- Mr. Marilyn Monroe --'Bigger than the Statue of Liberty' -- The greatest living ball player -- The biggest fan of them all -- Finale : an outfielder's sky.
Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport.
9780300123289 RM76.08 0300123280
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil / Jerome Charyn. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011. - xv, 170 p. ; 22 cm. - Icons of America . - Icons of America. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.
'Our national exaggeration' -- The walloping wop -- Joltin' Joe and the ghost of Lou Gehrig --'C'mon, Joe, talk to me' -- The wounded warrior -- The princess of Yankee Stadium -- Mr. Marilyn Monroe --'Bigger than the Statue of Liberty' -- The greatest living ball player -- The biggest fan of them all -- Finale : an outfielder's sky.
Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport.
9780300123289 RM76.08 0300123280
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.