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1) The last boy: Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood

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Leavy, Jane

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Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, Leavy delivers the definitive account of Mantle's life, mining the mythology of The Mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with a damaged soul.

2) A season in the sun: the rise of Mickey Mantle

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Roberts, Randy

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The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries...

3) 61*

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Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, one was the Yankees' best loved players and the other was their most valuable. 1961 was about to be the summer that no one who loves baseball will ever forget. Both men find that they are approaching Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season 60 home-run record. Facing pressure from the media and the stands, both men know that there is only room for one winner. The fans make their choice, but the people's favorite isn't the favorite...

4) The Mick

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Mantle, Mickey

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6) The last hero: the life of Mickey Mantle

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Falkner, David

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A biography of baseball legend Mickey Mantle, looking at his childhood in the mining towns of Oklahoma, his career as centerfielder for the New York Yankees, and the tragedy of his early death.

7) Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and my best summer ever

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Tooke, Wes

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Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.

8) The last boy: Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood

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Leavy, Jane

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Award-winning Washington Post writer Jane Leavy chronicles Mickey Mantle's baseball career and explains how the legendary slugger's exploits directly affected an entire generation of Americans.