Joe Dimaggio the Hero's Life
- List Price: $28.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
Description:
Few celebrities have captivated the American public for as long, or with such depth, as Joe DiMaggio. Here, for the first time, is the definitive story of his life, as told by the award-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer. In Cramer's hands, DiMaggio's complicated life -- from his first game with the Yankees in the 1930s through his rise to national hero status -- becomes, too, a story of the media, the invention of a national celebrity in America, and the ways in which fame can both build and destroy.
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Using his renowned investigative skills, Cramer has uncovered startling -- even shocking -- information about DiMaggio's life and presented them with his trademark combination of "jarring, unsentimental prose" (The New York Times) and empathy. The publication of Joe DiMaggio will be a national publishing event.
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