Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Ben Cramer - First Edition, 1st Printing - 2000 - from after-words bookstore and Biblio.com

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Book summary

In this revealing look at the life and career of baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the ways in which fame helped and hurt the American hero. Cramer clearly admires DiMaggio's achievements as a player, but is forthcoming about the many, many stories which disclose the more human side of this American legend. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.

Media reviews

"Cramer is brutal in dismantling the image that the "hero machine" created during the sixty-two years of DiMaggio's public life. He has only praise however, for the character of the DiMaggio who played baseball...."

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life

by Cramer, Richard Ben

First Edition, 1st Printing

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Book description: New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Previous owner's name inside the front board. A few scattered black and white photos.. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared.

Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 44031
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Good +
Jacket condition: Good
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0684853914
ISBN 13: 9780684853918
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place: New York, NY
Date published: 2000
Pages: 546
Size: 6.75 x 9.75 x 1.5 inches
LCCN: GV865.D5C73 2000
Dewey: 796.357/092 B
Weight: 2.1 pounds
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY BASEBALL JOE DIMAGGION
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; SPORTS & RECREATION / General; SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General;

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