TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charyn,Jerome
TI  - Joe DiMaggio: the long vigil 
T2  - Icons of America
SN  - 9780300123289
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Haven [Conn.]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - DiMaggio, Joe,
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -