| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 170 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Icons of America
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Icons of America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index. |
| Contents |
"Our national exaggeration" -- The walloping wop -- Joltin' Joe and the ghost of Lou Gehrig -- "C'mon, Joe, talk to me" -- The wounded warrior -- The princess of Yankee Stadium -- Mr. Marilyn Monroe -- "Bigger than the Statue of Liberty" -- The greatest living ball player -- The biggest fan of them all -- Finale : an outfielder's sky. |
| Summary |
Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.
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DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999. |
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball players. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Charyn, Jerome. Joe DiMaggio. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300123289 (DLC) 2010034294 (OCoLC)656850316 |
| ISBN |
9780300172669 (electronic book) |
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0300172664 (electronic book) |
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9780300123289 |
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0300123280 |
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