The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Bradlee, Jr., Ben

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2013

Beschreibung

As new condition orange boards with silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Ben Bradlee, Jr.; Author Dedication; Author's Note; Introduction; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Ted Williams' Lifetime Statistics; Appendix II: People Who Were Interviewed for The Kid; Notes, Bibliography; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with three sections of black-and-white photographic plates. "Ted Williams wanted to be an immortal. He arrived in Boston in 1939, a cocky twenty-year-old phenom eager to become, in his words, the "greatest hitter who ever lived." Two years later his .406 batting average - a mark that has never again been met - backed up that claim. And that was only the beginning. Obsessed with perfection and drawing on his volcanic anger for strength, Williams racked up a laundry list of accolades, including two Most Valuable Player Awards, six batting titles, and eighteen All-Star appearances, twice winning the Triple Crown for leading the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Williams' accomplishments are all the more astonishing given the fact that he left baseball for nearly five years in his prime to fight in World War II andKorea. John Glenn, who flew with Williams, called him one of the best pilots he'd ever seen. Baseball and military heroics aside, Williams' outsize personality left a lasting impression, both good and bad. He clashed with fans, teammates, and sportswriters; spat and hurled obscenities at spectators; and once even struck an elderly woman in the head with a carelessly tossed bat. But he also comforted sick children in the hospital, demanding that the media keep his visits a secret. And he was a pioneer in forcing baseball's Hall of Fame to integrate at a time when few other players had the courage to take a stand. In The Kid, veteran investigative journalist Ben Bradlee, Jr., draws on numerous untapped sources to take us inside the clubhouse, the batters box, and beyond, with depth unmatched by any previous biographer. He reveals new details about Williams' feelings of shame over his Mexican heritage, his war service, the rages that fueled his brilliance on the field but severely damaged his private life, and the bizarre family drama that played out after his death, when his body was cryonically preserved. In fairy-tale fashion, in his final at bat, Williams hit a home run. Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s masterpiece - the product of over a decade of research, more than six hundred interviews, and exclusive access to Williams' private papers - clears the fences, too. Here, at long last, is the definitive story of a man as big as his myth." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006002

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams [...

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2013

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition