Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil /

Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Charyn, Jerome.
Imprint:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
Description:	xv, 170 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Icons of America Icons of America.
Subject:	DiMaggio, Joe, -- 1914-1999. DiMaggio, Joe, -- 1914-1999. Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. Baseball players. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8444363

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ISBN:	9780300123289 (hc. : alk. paper) 0300123280 (hc. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chronology
Prologue: Pinocchio in Pinstripes
Part I. The Player
1. ôOur National Exaggerationö
2. The Walloping Wop
3. Joltin' Joe and the Ghost of Lou Gehrig
4. ôC'mon, Joe, Talk to Meö
5. The Wounded Warrior
Part II. The Demon Lover
6. The Princess of Yankee Stadium
7. Mr. Marilyn Monroe
8. ôBigger Than the Statue of Libertyö
9. The Greatest Living Ballplayer
10. The Biggest Fan of Them All
Finale: An Outfielder's Sky
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index