56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors
Book Type: Paperback
Leo T. reviewed on + 1775 more book reviews
Mr. Dimaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941. I obtained the book, as an add on from a PBS member who was fulfilling a wish for us, to take to the lobby of the VA Hospital (many readers and little nonfiction on offer).
The author, in a florid style, recreates the scenes for us.
"Bugs were everywhere, dancing around the hot rectangular banks of lights that shine down upon Griffith Stadium. In quiet moments you could hear them, a gleeful swarm of gnats, moths, and mosquitoes who seemed to believe all this gorgeous brightness had suddenly appeared--oh sweet mystery of life!--for their pleasure, rather than to illuminate the first night game in Washington Senators' history, a game now in its middle innings, with the Senators up a few runs on the Yankees."
Bibliography, surprisingly few photos, and index.
The author, in a florid style, recreates the scenes for us.
"Bugs were everywhere, dancing around the hot rectangular banks of lights that shine down upon Griffith Stadium. In quiet moments you could hear them, a gleeful swarm of gnats, moths, and mosquitoes who seemed to believe all this gorgeous brightness had suddenly appeared--oh sweet mystery of life!--for their pleasure, rather than to illuminate the first night game in Washington Senators' history, a game now in its middle innings, with the Senators up a few runs on the Yankees."
Bibliography, surprisingly few photos, and index.
