Mickey Mantle - Memories and Memorabilia
Title | Mickey Mantle - Memories and Memorabilia PDF eBook |
Author | Larry Canale |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 421 |
Release | 2011-05-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1440218803 |
"When it comes to sports memorabilia, Mantle is king. No other sports athlete has been covered more or is more popular than Mantle, bar none. No one comes close." —T.S. O'Connell, editor of Sports Collector's Digest Mickey Mantle is one of the most beloved sports figures of all times. Playing brilliantly for the New York Yankees, Mantle won three American League Most Valuable Player Awards and was named to 16 All Star games. He played on 12 pennant winners and seven World Series Championship clubs with the Yankees. He still holds records for most World Series home runs, RBIs, runs, walks, extra-base hits, and total bases, all topped off by his induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Fifteen years after his death, his memorabilia is still the most sought after of any sports figures past or present. Mickey Mantle: Memories and Memorabilia highlights the life, memories, and memorabilia of one of American sports' all time greatest heroes. With over 600 images of fantastic photography and artwork, no book on the market captures the history, nostalgia, memories, and memorabilia of the man they call "The Mick."
Mickey Mantle
Title | Mickey Mantle PDF eBook |
Author | Mickey Herskowitz |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-10-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781584795476 |
In this first-ever illustrated biography published with the support of the Mantle family, the authors cover Mickey Mantle's entire life, from his impoverished youth to his glorious career to his poignant sunset years. It features rare photos and never-before-seen memorabilia, with ten pull-out, removable facsimiles.
The Last Boy
Title | The Last Boy PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Leavy |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2010-10-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0061987786 |
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
All My Octobers
Title | All My Octobers PDF eBook |
Author | Mickey Mantle |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2006-06-13 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0061131725 |
To everyone who truly loves the game, Mickey Mantle epitomizes the golden age of baseball, when the mighty New York Yankees indisputably ruled, appearing in an unprecedented twelve World Series in fourteen years! In this intimate memoir, Mantle recounts the joys and trials of his rise from rural Oklahoma youngster to the pinnacle of baseball greatness. In All My Octobers, the one and only Mick relives every one of his World Series appearances -- from the 1951 battle when he played alongside an aging Joe DiMaggio to his three-home-run performance in the 1964 showdown. In addition to the on-field heroics, Mantle talks candidly about the injuries, the alcohol, the parties and celebrations, and the terrible toll they can take on a young athlete's life. But most of all, it is a remembrance of October greatness, of postseason pyrotechnics . . . and a loving appreciation of a team of titans that achieved something marvelous and unequaled to this day.
Mint Condition
Title | Mint Condition PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Jamieson |
Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2010-04-01 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 0802197159 |
“An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards were selling for next to nothing online. What had happened? In Mint Condition, his fascinating, eye-opening, endlessly entertaining book, Jamieson finds the answer by tracing the complete story of this beloved piece of American childhood. Picture cards had long been used for advertising, but after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping them into cigarette packs as collector’s items. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped transform the baseball players association into one of the country’s most powerful unions, dramatically altering the game. In the eighties and nineties, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing, surviving today as the rarified preserve of adult collectors. Mint Condition is charming, original history brimming with colorful characters, sure to delight baseball fans and collectors. “Jamieson explores the history of card collecting through an entertaining cast of characters . . . For anyone who can recall being excited to rip open their newest pack of cards, Mint Condition is a treat.” —Forbes
Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles 2012 Price Guide
Title | Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles 2012 Price Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Bradley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 2003 |
Release | 2011-09-06 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1440217157 |
America's No. 1 Selling Price Guide For nearly 30 years, Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles has been the leading source for information on antiques and collectibles. Filled with expert advice, vetted values and 4,500 color photographs, Antique Trader provides the clearest and most dependable picture of this amazingly diverse and magnificent market. Inside you will enjoy a variety of new collecting areas, as well as old favorites. Including: Asian art, bottles, ceramics, Civil War collectibles, clocks, comic books, cookie jars, figurines, furniture, glass, Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, illustration art, kitchenware, perfume bottles, petroliana, toys, vintage clothing and Zippo lighters. Also new this year is Top Lots, a feature highlighting the bestselling results from some of the finest auction houses nationwide.
Dinner with DiMaggio
Title | Dinner with DiMaggio PDF eBook |
Author | Rock G. Positano |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501156845 |
"Revealing and little-known stories of the great Yankees Hall of Famer from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life"--