
Joe DiMaggio
The Hero's Life
Richard Ben Cramer(Author)
Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Published on 14. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-684-86547-8 (ISBN)
Description
Few celebrities have captivated the sport's world for as long, or with such depth, as Joe DiMaggio. Here, for the first time, is the definitive story of his life, as told by the award-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer. In Cramer's hands, DiMaggio's complicated life, from the first game with the Yankees in the 1930's, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and his rise to hero status, becomes a story of the media, the invention of a national celebrity in America, and the ways in which fame can both build and destroy. Using his renowned investigative skills, Cramer has uncovered startling, even shocking, information about DiMaggio's life and presents them with his trademark combination of 'jarring, unsentimental prose' (THE NEW YORK TIMES).
Reviews / Votes
Larry King USA Today An extraordinary biography...This work will go down as one of the most definitive stories of a life and its times, sports or otherwise....You will not be disappointed. Daniel Okrent Time Absolutely persuasive...Cramer is an all-star reporter....DiMaggio is rendered so vividly you almost want to look away. Ken Garcia San Francisco Chronicle An often brilliant and deeply disturbing look into the rise of one of the country's modern-day giants. Robert Lipsyte The New York Times The most absorbing and readable sports biography in recent memory. Ken Garcia San Francisco Chronicle An often brilliant and deeply disturbing look into the rise of one of the country's modern-day giants.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-86547-8 (9780684865478)
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01/2013
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Richard Ben Cramer (1950-2013) won the Pulitzer Prize for Middle East reporting in 1979. His journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. He was the author of How Israel Lost: The Four Questions and the classic of modern American politics What It Takes: The Way to the White House.