Willie Mays Pdf Summary
The “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (Seattle Times)authorized, definitive, New York Times bestselling biography of Willie Mays, the most complete baseball player of all time.
Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Now James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player.
Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the turbulent civil rights era, urged understanding and reconciliation. More than his records, his legacy is defined by the pure joy that he brought to fans and the loving memories that have been passed to future generations so they might know the magic and beauty of the game. With meticulous research and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends, family, and teammates, Hirsch presents a brilliant portrait of one of America’s most significant cultural icons.
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About James S. Hirsch Author Of Willie Mays pdf Book
James S. Hirsch is an American journalist and author who has written about sports, race, and American culture. He was a reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and his first book was the best-selling Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter.
Hirsch has also written Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy, Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam, and Cheating Destiny: Living with Diabetes. His biography of Willie Mays, released in February 2010, describes how the Negro leagues phenom became an instant sensation with the New York Giants in the 1950s, was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s expansion to California, and played an important but underappreciated role in the civil rights movement
Hirsch, a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, lives in the Boston area.
Willie Mays pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Publisher : Scribner; First Edition (February 9, 2010)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 640 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1416547908
- ISBN-13 : 978-1416547907
- Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #370,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #77 in Mid Atlantic U.S. Biographies
- #322 in Baseball Biographies (Books)
- #874 in Baseball (Books)
- Customer Reviews: 4.8 out of 5 stars 274 ratings
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