Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mantle biography delves into traumas and myths the new. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood by jane leavy hardcover, 480 pages harper list price. The last boy on apple books apple books apple apple. Jane leavy, the acclaimed author of the new york times bestseller sandy. In part iii of this threepart interview, jane leavy, the author of the last boy. Mickey mantle, the great new york yankee slugger, led a desperate life. Of course mickey mantle made a pass at jane leavy when the hall of famer was being interviewed for this book.
Every kid growing up in new york in the fifties wanted to be mickey mantle. As the world series loomed this week, i asked leavy about what she discovered during the research for her thoughtful and tender new book the last boy. Jane leavy has crafted a wellwritten, definitive biography of mickey mantle, showing all sides of the yankee icon, detailing no. The late great mickey mantle besmirched by tellall book. Unfollow mickey mantle books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Awardwinning sports writer jane leavy follows her new york times runaway bestseller sandy koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon mickey mantle the legendary halloffame outfielder was a national hero during his recordsetting career with the new york yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayers reputation in. In 1973, when the yankees celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the house that ruth built.
Awardwinning sports writer jane leavy follows her new york times run. Jane leavy on her new mickey mantle biography tv vulture. Mantle s 1958 was slightly worseif that is the right word than his previous two years, but he still slashed. Epic babe ruth bio by jane leavy captures his life and times. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood, mantle discusses a lifelong secret. Jane leavy captures the beautiful, imperfect mickey mantle with equal measures of depth and empathy. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood by veteran sports writer jane leavy, author of a biography of sandy koufax, the great dodger pitcher. She focuses on 20 significant days in mantle s life five of them after his playing days, beginning. Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of washington, d. Jane leavy, the man baseball forgot plays the hand hes dealt jane leavy b. Topps baseball card for 1952, mantle s first full season as a major league player for the new york yankees, when he replaced joe dimaggio as the teams centerfielder. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood by jane leavy. This is not, however, a dark book, no matter how dark parts of the life it. Jane leavy reflects on fraught encounters with mickey mantle and billy martin.
Mickey mantles gross move on reporter detailed in her new. In case you missed them, here is part i and part ii. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood harper, is an episodic tour of mantle s athletic achievements and his physical and emotional traumas. What it took to write about baseball as a woman the new. Jane leavy born december 26, 1951 is an american sportswriter and feature writer, formerly with the washington post. Look at the determination on mickey mantle s facethe resolve in his fierce blue eyes, his flexed jaw, and the hardness around his mouth. Jane leavy, the acclaimed author of the new york times bestseller sandy koufax. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood by veteran sports writer jane leavy. Meticulously reported and elegantly written, the last boy is a baseball tapestry that weaves together episodes from the authors weekend with the mick in atlantic city, where she interviewed her hero in 1983, after he was banned from. Jane leavys the last boy is a tremendous mickey mantle. Jane leavy, awardwinning former sportswriter and feature writer for the washington post, is author of the new york times bestsellers sandy koufax. Jane leavys the last boy digs deep into mickey mantles.
Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of mantle s life, mining the mythology of the mick for the true story of a. In this exclusive excerpt from jane leavys new book, the last boy. Mantle joked about his marriage being too long and made his crude move. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood, talks about why mantle fell short in the 1961 homerun chase, how his life was similar to babe ruths, and the one question a minorleague teammate would ask him if he were still alive today. Drawing on more than five hundred interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of mantles life, mining the mythology of the mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with an achingly damaged soul. Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of mantle s life, mining the mythology of the. Mickey mantle was once so intoxicated he threw up in the middle of a sex act with model angie dickinson, ben widdicombe writes in his memoir. The only thing about this book that is better than jane leavys vivid prose is her. She is the author of the 1990 comic novel squeeze play, which was called the best novel ever written about baseball by entertainment weekly. Jane leavy is an awardwinning former sportswriter and feature writer for the washington post, known for diving into a subject and emerging with work that is both meticulously researched and narratively rich. And that, as bolding remembers in author jane leavys revealing new biography the last boy. Mickey mantle shown on the back front page of the new york daily news newspaper, april 18, 1953.
A new book about yankee icon mickey mantle paints a poignant portrait of a man haunted by sexual abuse and alcoholism and who played in excruciating pain throughout his. As for the evidence that mantle was a profane, bumpkinish and usually drunken galoot, jane leavys new bio the last boy tends to back that up as well, though the ultimate effect of her generally serious effort is also to evoke pity for one of americas most iconic public figures. Theres an old saying, a sculptor never leaves behind all his shavings. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers and is regarded by many as the greatest. Jane leavys second book, a critically acclaimed, new york times bestselling biography of mickey mantle in 2010, has sold 211,000 copies in hardback and 60,000 in paperback. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood says the resulting scars probably played a big role in the legendary new york yankee centerfielders lifestyle. Jane leavy, author of a superb baseball novel, squeeze play, and the bestselling sandy koufax, a leftys legacy, zooms right in on the essence of mantle s appeal in the last boy.
Mickey mantle was so drunk he threw up while performing. What it took to write about baseball as a woman the new yorker. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood, is how margie met the mick. Later in the program, the indignities and embarrassments of traveling while fat. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood is a gallery of such stories, many of which i can share with drinking buddies if not with you.
Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood by. Laurie anderson and michael stipe on music, art and new chapters. Mantle played his entire major league baseball mlb career 19511968 with the new york yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. Jane leavy chronicles the extraordinary life of mickey mantle, one of the most. As for the evidence that mantle was a profane, bumpkinish and usually drunken galoot, jane leavy s new bio the last boy tends to back that up as well, though the ultimate effect of her generally serious effort is also to evoke pity for one of americas most iconic public figures. Mickey mantle and the end of americas childhood detailed the late sluggers troubled offfield life and his alcoholism, was hit on by mantle as well. Meticulously reported and elegantly written, the last boy is a baseball tapestry that weaves together episodes from the authors weekend. The book traces mantle s ascendance as an icon of the 1950s and baseballs place in american culture. She is the author of the national bestsellers the last boy, sandy koufax and the comic novel squeeze play, called the best novel ever written about baseball by entertainment weekly. Product description jane leavy, the acclaimed author of the new york times bestseller sandy koufax. The legendary halloffame outfielder was a national hero during his recordsetting career with the new york yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife. A leftys legacy was a new york times bestseller, had profiled mickey mantle before in 1983, for the washington post.
Mickey mantles missing mvp award unofficial new york. She also wrote a bestselling 2002 biography of sandy koufax. In an excerpt published by the new york postwednesday, shah recounted the greeting card incident while she was interviewing mantle in 1970. A leftys legacy, returns with a biography of an american original. The legendary halloffame outfielder was a national hero during his recordsetting career with the new york yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the. Jane leavy chronicles the extraordinary life of mickey mantle, one of the most beloved, and misunderstood, yankees.
Mickey charles mantle october 20, 1931 august, 1995, nicknamed the commerce comet and the mick, was an american professional baseball player. Jane leavy, the acclaimed author of the new york times best seller sandy koufax. The response attributed to the mick is indeed a real one, as detailed by mantle biographer jane leavy. Meticulously reported and elegantly written, the last boy is a baseball tapestry that weaves together episodes from the authors. Jane leavy the official website for bestselling author. Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of mantle s life, mining the mythology of the mick for the true story. A new book claims that legendary new york yankees centerfielder mickey mantle had a sexual encounter with angie dickinson, a hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and 60s. Jane leavy chronicles the extraordinary life of mickey mantle, one of the. Jane leavys second book, a critically acclaimed, new york times bestselling biography of mickey mantle in 2010, has sold 211,000 copies in hardback and 60,000 in. Gossip columnist ben widdicombe relates the anecdote. It doesnt follow the usual format of a chronological narrative, but that is fine, since. She finds the buried answers to the riddle of what drove and haunted the mick. Jane leavy reflects on fraught encounters with mickey mantle and.
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