Author : Maria Testa
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,83 MB
Release : 2005-02-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781417676194
For use in schools and libraries only. Poems tell the story of Joseph Paul, who was named after baseball great Joe DiMaggio, and his immigrant grandfather, Papa-Angelo, who teaches him about life, family, and baseball.
Author : Richard Ben Cramer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2001-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0684865475
This is the life story of Joe DiMaggio, including his first game with the New York Yankees in the 1930s, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe & his rise to hero status. Richard Ben Cramer tells of the ways in which fame can both build & destroy.
Author : Barb Rosenstock
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159078992X
Perfect for every baseball fan, here is the story of New York Yankees baseball great Joe DiMaggio’s longest hitting streak in baseball history. In the summer of 1941, Yankee center fielder Joe DiMaggio and his favorite bat, Betsy Ann, begin the longest hitting streak in baseball history. But when Betsy Ann goes missing, will DiMaggio keep hitting? Set on the brink of World War II, this is a spellbinding account of a sports story that united the country and made DiMaggio a hero, at a time when one was profoundly needed. Barb Rosenstock's action-packed text and Terry Widener's powerful illustrations capture DiMaggio's drive as well as his frustration. The book also includes headlines, quotes, stats, and a detailed bibliography.
Author : Jerome Charyn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0300172664
Examines the life of the baseball player in a new light, as a man who took his marriage to Marilyn Monroe very seriously long after their divorce, and had trouble finding a new role for himself during his retirement from the sport.
Author : C. David Heymann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2014-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439191778
Traces the passionate and sometimes volatile relationship between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, covering their sensational 1954 elopement and the troubles that led to their divorce nine months later.
Author : Rock G. Positano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : 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"--
Author : Herb Dunn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 1999-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0689831862
A biography emphasizing the childhood of the baseball legend.
Author : Loren Broaddus
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1524856665
A collection of poetry and quotes about baseball—and about so much more. The diamond is the backdrop for Loren Broaddus’s exploration of nostalgia, family, race, jazz, and the winding hallways of history. Joe DiMaggio is sometimes domestic, sometimes political—microscopic here, aerial there. While Broaddus’s poems may start at home plate, he sends them flying in all directions: sometimes into left field, sometimes out of the park entirely.
Author : Maria Testa
Publisher : Candlewick
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 2005-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763624446
"With ineffable tenderness and absolute clarity, Testa tells a tale in blank verse. . . . Powerfully moving as it braids together baseball, family, and the Italian-American experience." — Booklist (starred review) It's 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like music. What could be a better time for Papa-Angelo's grandson to be born? Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather's knee — about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. "Each poem is a perfect, gripping chapter," says Kirkus Reviews in a starred review of this novel in verse, which honors the timeless bond between a grandson and his immigrant grandfather — and the process of finding one's own place in a brave new world.
Author : Rob Skead
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467742252
In 1936, the New York Yankees wanted to test a hot prospect named Joe DiMaggio to see if he was ready for the big leagues. They knew just the ballplayer to call—Satchel Paige, the best pitcher anywhere, black or white. For the game, Paige joined a group of amateur African American players, and they faced off against a team of white major leaguers plus young DiMaggio. The odds were stacked against the less-experienced black team. But Paige's skillful batting and amazing pitching—with his "trouble ball" and "bat dodger"— kept the game close. Would the rookie DiMaggio prove himself as major league player? Or would Paige once again prove his greatness—and the injustice of segregated baseball?
