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Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend

Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend

by JamesS.Hirsch (Author)

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 628
 Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 09 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 1416547908
ISBN 13: 9781416547907

Media Reviews
Hirsch has produced a masterful biography that has the same freshness and excitement that Mays generated as a player. All the highlights are there in shining, solid detail. It's a must-read for any baseball fan. -- Tampa Bay Online
James Hirsch has written an enormously entertaining and wide-ranging biography--a fitting tribute to Mays . . . and a thoughtful account of the complex and often misunderstood man. . . . True baseball fans will delight in the author's edge-of-seat game reports and picture-perfect descriptions of Mays' superlative talents. . . This is a superb baseball book, but it's also a riveting narrative of Mays' life and times. -- Seattle Times
The book, documenting Mays' rise from Negro leagues star to major league icon, also serves as a history lesson. -- USA Today
A terrific new biography . . . [an] always engaging and enlightening book . . . A wonderful introduction to the magical life of one of the finest athletes ever. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Willie Mays had everything--except a first-rate biography. That omission has now been addressed by James S. Hirsch, who has produced a piece of artistry worhty of Mays in center field. --Bloomberg.com
Does a better job than any book before of getting at what it means to be Willie Mays. -- Sports Illustrated
James S. Hirsch compellingly recounts Mays' career . . . giving even Mays' iconic moments, such as 'The Catch' in the 1954 World Series, a sense of tension as if they were unfolding anew. . . . Great baseball reading, by an accomplished writer . . . about a wondrous ballplayer and man with gifts beyond the diamond. -- Associated Press
Tautly written . . . Mr. Hirsch captures Willie's greatness on the field. -- Wall Street Journal