Charyn, Jerome. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index. 
<br/><br/>'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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300123289  RM76.08 0300123280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Baseball players--United States--Biography.