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ISBN:	0060883529 (ISBN13: 9780060883522)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History and Biography (2010)

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood Hardcover | Pages: 456 pages

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Title	:	The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
Author	:	Jane Leavy
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 456 pages
Published	:	October 12th 2010 by Harper
Categories	:	Sports. Baseball. Biography. Nonfiction. History

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Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.

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Mickey Mantle was my boyhood idol. In addition to being the most talented and most exciting player on the storied NY Yankees, possibly in all of baseball, he had about him a certain godliness which remained well past his playing career. Years after Mantle had retired and I was grown, I had a part-time job at Yankee Stadium and had the chance to rub elbows with many stars and superstars; the only time that I was ever awe-struck in the presence of any of these deities was when I met Mantle at an

As with her previous work on documenting the life of Sandy Koufax, Jane Leavy does a tremendous job of showcasing the complete story of another baseball legend in "The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." Leavy gives the reader a mostly-definitive biography of The Mick, as his personal life both during and after his baseball career, along with his emotional journey through alcoholism and cancer in his final two years, are well-covered and hit home. The layout of this

really like that the author didn't shy away from the ugly parts of Mantle off the field. good book about a player I never saw.

Enjoyable read covering specific days in Mickey Mantles life. Learned a lot about him and other Yankees from the same era. Not a traditional, linear account of a life as found in most bios, which was kind of nice break from that typical formula. A great book for baseball, history or pop culture enthusiasts.

Summary: A biography of the life of Mickey Mantle, covering his family roots, baseball career, and post-career life, including his injuries, alcoholism, affairs, and something of a redemption at the end of his life.Every summer, I read at least one baseball book, and so when I received this book as a gift earlier this year, I knew what my book would be this year, not that I would need much persuading. Mickey Mantle was one of my childhood heroes, even though, as an Indians fan, he played for the

Heartbreaking account of Mantle's life, with what might be the most appropriate title imaginable. This transcends sports bio as a genre, and digs deep into the soul of its subject, who arguably was killed by his celebrity as much as by his excesses. Not an easy read!

Ever since watching 61*, Billy Crystals loving ode to baseball legends Maris and Mantle, Ive been interested in their history. So when this one popped up a long time ago as a Kindle freebie, I had to grab it. Im only now getting around to it, but it was worth the wait. Honest, incisive, interesting and written in an intense, hard-driving prose its the best kind of biography. It gets a bit lengthy in places (such as when Leavy is trying to prove the yardage of some of Mantle's home runs), but