Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil / Jerome Charyn.
Series: Icons of AmericaPublication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011.Description: xv, 170 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780300123289
- 0300123280
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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.
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