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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385412614
ISBN-139780385412612
eBay Product ID (ePID)2064911
Product Key Features
TopicBaseball / General
Publication Year1991
Book TitleMy Favorite Summer 1956
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorMickey Mantle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-048551
Reviews"Packed full of wild stories of life on the baseball road." -- New York Daily News "The average man with above-average gifts and courage who gave to the game, and through it to millions of Americans...Hours of grace and moments of glory." --The New York Times Book Review From the Paperback edition., "Packed full of wild stories of life on the baseball road." -- New York Daily News "The average man with above-average gifts and courage who gave to the game, and through it to millions of Americans...Hours of grace and moments of glory." -- The New York Times Book Review From the Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal796.357/092 B
SynopsisMickey Mantle, the hayseed kid from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, was in his sixth year with the Yankees. He was already America's homerun king. He was about to become a national hero. 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever. Now Mickey Mantle brings it all back just the way it happened--spectacular playing on field, crazy hijinks with Whitey Ford and Billy Martin off. There never was a time like it before in baseball. There never will be again. It was magic. From the Paperback edition.
This is a wonderful trip down memory lane and highly recommended for anyone who remembers MLB during those endless summers. Here is proof that, while football is the most exciting sport, baseball will always be America's past time. Name one other sport where Americans today are talking about players who took the field 75 years ago. You can't. Baseball stands alone.