Joe
DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
by Richard Ben Cramer
In a stunning feat of meticulous reportage, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard
Ben Cramer ultimately puts to rest the "Where have you gone, Joe
DiMaggio?" question with iconoclastic bravura. In Cramer's evaluation,
the hero America held onto so desperately for so long was really a creation
of a nation's communal imagination. The Joe DiMaggio that America tried
so hard to believe in was never really here at all.
There was, of course, a Joe DiMaggio, and he had a splendid career in
Yankee pinstripes--once hitting safely in an unimaginable 56 consecutive
games--and a troubled marriage with Marilyn Monroe, each augmenting
the other in our national mythology. Amazon.com
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Joe
Dimaggio : Young Sports Hero (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Herb Dunn, et al
(Paperback - September 1999)
Joe
Dimaggio : The Promise
by Joe R. Carrieri
The life of one of the greatest baseball players of all time as seen
through the eyes of the former Yankee Batboy who not only knew DiMaggio
but managed to have him reveal his secret of success and his philosophy
of life. The author, who was the Yankee Batboy for 7 seven years, relates
how DiMaggio kept his promise ...
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Joe
Dimaggio : An American Icon (Daily News Legends Series)
by New York Daily News (Editor), et al
(Hardcover - May 1999)
Baseball
for Everyone
by Joe Dimaggio
(Hardcover - February 2002)
Joltin'
Joe Baseball Hero : The Amazing True Story of Joe Dimaggio
by Luke Jensen
(Paperback - June 2000)
Joe
DiMaggio
by Jack B. Moore
(Paperback - April 1987)
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Joe Dimaggio : The Yankee Clipper
by Beckett Publications
The most elegant Yankee of them all, DiMaggio's been baseball's virtual
bridge between the era of myth and the dawn of the 21st century. As a ballplayer,
his magical feats speak for themselves; as a man, he's defined by an aloofness
that only cements his legend. DiMaggio doesn't set out to tell the complexity
of DiMaggio's story; it is more of an affectionate scrapbook crammed with
commemorative photos and celebratory prose.
The pictures extend from his minor-league days with the San Francisco
Seals through his Yankee years of glory and military service, his marriage
to Marilyn Monroe, and his postbaseball status as both icon and eminence
grise. The accompanying essays are quite good, particularly Dwight Chapin
on DiMaggio's Seals' career, Harold Rosenthal on his arrival in New York,
Leonard Koppett on his All-Star Game appearances, and Marty Noble on DiMaggio's
status as linchpin in the chain of Yankee excellence. Memorabilia buffs
should relish the section on DiMaggio collectibles. Baseball buffs will
relish the rest. --Jeff Silverman - Amazon.com
Publisher: Beckett Pubns; 2nd edition (October 1, 1998)
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Joe DiMaggio : a biography
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Joe DiMaggio : The Yankee Clipper
by Geoffrey Giuliano
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