Stan Musial
An American Life
Published on 10. May 2011
416 pages
978-0-345-52644-1 (ISBN)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game's best-loved but most unappreciated legends--told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered "Stan the Man" over the course of his nearly seventy years in the national spotlight. Away from the diamond, Musial proved a savvy businessman and a model of humility and graciousness toward his many fans in St. Louis and around the world. From Keith Hernandez's boyhood memories of Musial leaving tickets for him when the Cardinals were in San Francisco to the little-known story of Musial's friendship with novelist James Michener, Vecsey weaves an intimate oral history around one of the great gentlemen of baseball's Greatest Generation.
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George Vecsey, a sports columnist for The New York Times, has written about such events as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics but considers baseball, the sport he's covered since 1960, his favorite game. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game and Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (with Loretta Lynn), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. He has also served as a national and religion reporter for The New York Times, interviewing the Dalai Lama, Tony Blair, Billy Graham, and a host of other noteworthy figures. He lives in New York with his wife, Marianne, an artist.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Morning in Florida
- 1 - The Do-Over
- 2 - Lucky Stanley
- 3 - The Old Master
- 4 - Stanley Hits
- 5 - The Stance
- 6 - A Hand on the Shoulder
- 7 - Lukasz and Mary
- 8 - Invitation to Lunch
- 9 - How Donora Got Its Name
- 10 - Mentors
- 11 - Lil
- 12 - Takeoff
- 13 - Pennant Race
- 14 - Meet Me at the Fair
- 15 - The Mahatma of the Midwest
- 16 - Old Navy Buddies
- 17 - The War
- 18 - Checks All Over the Bed
- 19 - Jubilee
- 20 - A Visitor on the Train
- 21 - Best Series Ever
- 22 - Boat-Rocker
- 23 - Stanley the Scout
- 24 - The Strike That Never Happened
- 25 - Stanley and the Kid
- 26 - The Big Three
- 27 - Bad Air
- 28 - Family Life
- 29 - Day Off in Chicago
- 30 - Prime Time
- 31 - Stanley Gives an Interview
- Photo Insert
- 32 - Temper, Temper
- 33 - And Some Bad Times
- 34 - On the Hustings
- 35 - Better Pants
- 36 - When the Times Changed
- 37 - Old Folks
- 38 - Fender Bender
- 39 - Retirement
- 40 - Stanley Runs the Team
- 41 - Hometown
- 42 - Stanley Goes to a Reunion
- 43 - The Polish Connection
- 44 - The Face in the Crowd
- 45 - Stanley's Statues
- 46 - More Funerals
- 47 - Upstaged Again
- Epilogue: Here He Comes Now
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
